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The document discusses book reviews and literature reviews. A book review describes and evaluates a book, providing critical analysis in a paragraph to essay length. It includes a summary and the reviewer's opinions. A literature review discusses published information on a subject area within a period of time. It summarizes and synthesizes existing content without new contributions. The document then provides guidance on writing a book review, including reading actively, writing an introduction with background and summary, including critical evaluation in the body, and concluding with an overall assessment.

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Book and Literature Review: Santillan Montallana Cerdeña Joaquin

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BOOK AND

LITERATURE
REVIEW
Santillan
Montallana
Cerdeña
Joaquin
Book Review

 a form of literary criticism

 describes and gives information about a


book, and provides an evaluation and critical
analysis of it.
Book Review

 may vary from a small paragraph to a long


essay

 may also include personal opinions of the


reviewer about the book.
Writing a Book Review
1. Read the book

 Read the book actively, intelligently and critically.

 Note down useful elements that can help you with


your review

 Read the material more than once; your review is


more than just the summary of the book.
2. Write your review starting with the
introduction

Your introduction is the starting point of your


review, it may include:

 Background information about the book:


author’s background, the social, political and
economic conditions when the book was
published.
 Title of the book, the year it was first
published, and the name of the author.

 A short statement indicating what your


evaluation about the book will be; is it
positive, negative or mixed?

 A brief summary of the book, not including


spoilers.
3. Write the body

The body has your critical evaluation and


analysis of the book, it may answer the following:

 What are the settings, plot, theme, tone and


other literary devices used by the author in the
book?

 How do these literary devices worked together


to convey the overall meaning of the book?
 What are the strengths and weaknesses
of the book?

 How is the book similar of different from


other books of the same genre?

 Would you recommend the book to


others? Why or why not?
4. Write the conclusion

 In this part, you may write the summary


of your overall evaluation of the book.

 After writing the review, don’t forget to


cite the references you used for the
paper.
Example:
All grown-ups were once children –
although few of them remember it.
 
“The Little Prince” was written by Antoine de Saint-
Exupéry in 1943. This novel is a magical story that
reveals the essence of life, love and loneliness.
Due to the simplicity of the prose style, breezy and
funny illustrations, vividness of imagination this
simple yet insightful story is considered to be one of
the greatest literary works of all times.
 
The narrator of the story is an aviator, who
landed in the Sahara Desert in order to repair
his plane. He accidently meets the Little
Prince, who has been travelling from planet
to planet. The small blond boy reveals the
thing he has learned throughout his journey.
One of the most significant ideas he has
acknowledged lies in the secret a fox had told
him: “But you must not forget it. You become
responsible, forever, for what you have
tamed. You are responsible for your rose. . .”
This book is a tale of a young prince who has
left his tiny planet and wanted to find the
answers for questions that disturbed him and at
the same time it discloses the story of a man
who has gained knowledge of life nature from a
pure child whose voyages and virtuousness
have inspired him and brought wisdom. The
whole book is permeated with love, fulfillment
of expectations and maintenance of those
relationships. Saint-Exupery’s satiric touch
accurately emphasizes that grown-ups
sometimes lack imagination.
Literature Review
 discusses different published
information about a certain subject area
or sometimes information in a certain
subject area within a particular period of
time.

 The ‘literature’ refers to a collection of


materials about a certain topic.
 May evaluate sources and advise
readers on the most pertinent or
relevant.

 the focus of literature reviews is to


summarize and synthesize content
related to the topic without adding new
contributions.
Before making a Literature Review:

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