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Reviews

Reviews share someone's opinion on something, a bit like a newspaper editorial. People write reviews to say how good or bad they thought something was.

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Audience

  • People write reviews for different purposes. Mark Kermode writes film reviews for newspapers. Other people review television programs, music albums, or events. Your audience will depend on what your review is about.
  • A review of an opera for a broadsheet is likely to be more serious and formal in tone than a review of Kylie Jenner's latest lip gloss.
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Purpose of a review

  • Reviews can have different purposes and they may have more than one purpose:
    • Reviews can be for entertainment.
    • Reviews can be for advice. Often experts write reviews to help people to make their own decisions.
    • Reviews can be informative and help you with how to make a decision. Do I want to buy the lip gloss or not?
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Features of a review

  • A review should include your personal opinion.
  • You should give your opinion in the introduction, refer to it throughout and in the conclusion.
  • Your review should be informative enough that someone understands the product, service, or experience that you are reviewing.
  • The review should be entertaining enough that people want to read it or finish it.

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1Key Terms

1.1Key Terms

1.1.1Key Terms - Nouns, Verbs & Sentences

1.1.2Key Terms - Sentence and Clause Types

1.1.3Key Terms - Words, Sounds & Language

1.1.4Key Terms - Types of Language

1.1.5Key Terms - Images, Symbols & Mood

1.1.6Key Terms - Mood & Feelings

1.1.7Key Terms - Other Techniques

1.1.8End of Topic Test - Key Terms

2Language Devices

2.1Language Devices

2.1.1Metaphors

2.1.2Similes

2.1.3Metaphors & Similes HyperLearning

2.1.4Personification

2.1.5Pathetic Fallacy

2.1.6Puns & Oxymorons

2.1.7Hyperbole & Emotive Language

2.1.8Alliteration

2.1.9Sibilance

2.1.10Onomatopoeia

2.1.11Recap: Language Devices

2.1.12End of Topic Test - Language Devices

3Writing Structure

3.1Writing Structure

3.1.1Narrators

3.1.2Paragraphs

3.1.3Tense

3.1.4Present vs Past vs Future Tense

3.1.5Foreshadowing

3.1.6Structure

3.1.7End of Topic Test - Writing Structure

4Section B: Reading & Writing

4.1Writing Formats

4.1.1Letter

4.1.2Reports & Essays

4.1.3Journal/Diary Entry

4.1.4Speech

4.1.5Newspaper Article

4.1.6Leaflet

4.1.7Review

4.1.8Travel Writing

4.1.9End of Topic Test - Writing Formats

4.2Writing to...

4.2.1Writing to Inform

4.2.2Writing to Inform - Example

4.2.3Writing to Explain

4.2.4Writing to Explain - Example

4.2.5Writing to Persuade

4.2.6Writing to Persuade - Example

4.2.7Writing to Argue

4.2.8Writing to Argue - Example

4.2.9Writing to Persuade vs Writing to Argue

4.2.10Writing to Advise

4.2.11Writing to Advise - Example

4.2.12End of Topic Test - Writing to...

4.3Acronym of Techniques - DAFORESTAR

4.3.1Direct Address

4.3.2Alliteration

4.3.3Facts

4.3.4Opinions

4.3.5Repetition

4.3.6Exaggeration (Hyperbole)

4.3.7Statistics

4.3.8Triple (Rule of 3)

4.3.9Emotive Language

4.3.10Rhetorical Questions

4.3.11End of Topic Test - DAFORESTER

5Section C: Writing

5.1Writing Task

5.1.1Discursive Writing

5.1.2Narrative Writing

5.1.3Descriptive Writing

5.1.4End of Topic Test - Writing Task

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