CREATIVE NONFICTION
Commentary/ Critique on
Creative Nonfictional Text
Checking of Attendance
criticize vs criticism vs critique vs critic
criticize
criticism
critique
critic
If you criticize something, you are identifying its
faults or negative aspects.
Criticize is a verb referring to the action of
identifying faults. The noun form is criticism,
referring to the statement or expression of faults.
This word can be a verb or a noun, and it refers to
evaluating and analyzing something, identifying both
its good points and its bad points.
A critic is a person who judges or evaluates
something.
LESSON TITLE: Commentary/ Critique
on Creative Nonfictional Text
CRITIQUE
• the systematic method of examining a written word
• A French word derived from the Greek word, kritiké
• means the ability to discern the worth of something
• According to Meriam Webster, critique is a somewhat
formal word that typically refers to a careful judgment in
which someone gives an opinion about something.
From Carina Bertero (2016) on how to write a commentary or
critique.
• Do
not summarize the focal article; just give the reference.
Assume the reader has just read it. Move directly to identifying
the key issues you want to raise.
• Do not include general praise for the focal article.
• Use only essential citations, for commentary purposes, cite
only works essentials to support your point.
• Do not include an abstract.
• Use a short title that emphasizes your key message. (It should
be clear in context that all commentaries are a reaction to a
particular paper).
• Provide a clear take-home message.
EXAMPLE
TITLE: My Hollywood
GENRE: memoir
OVERVIEW
EXAMPLE
TITLE: My Hollywood
GENRE: memoir
OVERVIEW
STRUCTURE
STRUCTURE
ARGUMENT/ANALYSIS
ARGUMENT/ANALYSIS
VOICE / STYLE
WRITING
OTHER OBSERVATIONS & RECOMMENDATIONS
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REFLECTION
Reflect and answer the question.
I understand that _____________________________________________________
I realize that _________________________________________________________