| Writing A Review Assignment Prompt You will pick a book, a CD, a game, or website, and then write a review about it. You need to create a list of criteria by which to evaluate your subject. Your evaluation should be based on this criteria. Your review can be positive, negative or a mixed review. This is not a pure opinion piece as you need to justify your evaluation with information from your sources. With that said you need to use an authoritative tone which means that you clearly understand your subject. There is a minimum word count of 900 words. The paper is due November 26 in class and via Turnitin.com Assignment: Writing A Review Your paper should meet the minimum of 900 words. If not then you will get a 0. If you do not submit to Turnitin.com then you will get a 0. Thesis: It should be clear and unambiguous. 10% Relevant Information About The Subject: You should effectively use your sources, and not just list them. You need sufficient background information to make your subject clear. 15% Criteria for Evaluation: You need to have clearly defined criteria to evaluate your subject. 25% Well-Supported Evaluation: This, also, means how well you used your criteria to evaluate your subject. 25% Authoritative Tone: You stay away from vague and ambiguous language. You need make it clear that you know about your subject. 20% Works Cited/ Citations: Your sources should be listed on a separate Works Cited page. This should follow MLA guidelines. If you do not use parenthetical citations you will lose points. 5% Total 100% 100%= a grade of 100 |
