ENGL 106: Writing Your Way Into Purdue

Hummel Spring
2015
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Part 1: Reverse Outline

Identify your reviews criteria and the evidence used to evaluate that criteria.
Determine which parts of the essay are summarizing the film and which parts are
critiquing the film.
The Social Network by Alissa Wilkinson
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Claim #6:

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Juno: Not Just Another Teen Movie by Ali Heinekamp
Thesis/Overall Purpose:
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Evidence:

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The Help: A Feel-Good Movie that Feels Kind of Icky by Dana Stevens
Thesis/Overall Purpose:
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Claim #6:

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Part 2: Discussion Questions

1) How does the reviewer stake her claim?

2) How does the author establish herself as someone whose opinion is valid and worth
listening to?

3) How does the author adapt conventions of a narrative into the review? Why is this
effective?

4) How does the author tie the content of the film into the big picture?