Description
Please, answer the questions below by providing detailed responses including examples to
support your feedback.
1. Title: Is the title attractive/catchy and connected to the content of the book review?
2. Information Specific to Book Reviews: Are the title of the book, the author, the press, date of publications, number of pages, and price included between the title of the review and the (indented) first line of the text? (see example below)
Title of Review
The Tradition, Jericho Brown, Copper Canyon Press, 2019, ISBN 978-1-55659-486-1,77 pages, $17.
The first paragraph of the text of the review starts here (indent each time you start a new paragraph) . . .
3. Introduction: Is the information below included?
The name of the author, the book title, and the main theme.
Relevant details about who the author is and where he/she/they stand in the genre (fiction, nonfiction, or poetry). You could also link the title of the book to the subject to show how the title explains the subject matter.
The context of the book and/or the review. Placing the review in a framework that makes sense to its audience alerts readers to the reviewer’s “take” on the book. The choice of context informs the reviewer’s argument.
The review identifies the book’s particular novelty, angle, or originality to show what specific contribution the piece is trying to make.
The reviewer’s thesis about the book.
4. Summary of Content
This should be brief, as analysis takes priority. Also, some summary will be dispersed throughout other parts of the review as the reviewer assesses the book.
5. Analysis and Evaluation of the Book
The reviewer’s analysis and evaluation are organized into paragraphs that deal with single aspects of her/his/their argument.
Given the reviewer’s argument, the paragraphs are organized by themes or other elements of the book.
The reviewer uses 2-3 quotes from the book and includes in-text parenthetical citations. (See specifics for poetry in MO3.)
6. Conclusion
The reviewer makes the final judgment regarding the book. (This paragraph needs to balance the book’s strengths and weaknesses in order to unify your evaluation.)
7. Clarity/Style: Did you find distracting grammar, punctuation, spelling, or word usage
problems? Circle/highlight them and identify any patterns or themes you detect. If you
find awkward sentences, try to explain why they do not make sense to you.
6. Requirements: Does the book review respect the required length of 1-3 pages? Is it double-spaced and written in 12pt Times New Roman? Is the book review uploaded as one file, saved in PDF?
7. Asset(s): What is/are the book review’s greatest strength(s)? Explain. (For instance, after
reading your assigned peer(s)’ book reviews(s), are you left with a clear assessment of the book reviewed? Explain by providing examples from the book review and/or making suggestions.)
In two different paper
