Minggu, 13 November 2016

Review Text


Definition
          Review is an evaluation or critical evaluation giving an assement of a book, play, movie, concert, song, painting, product, or other perfomances.
            People read reviews to make a decision about what to see, do or buy. Bad reviews can cause some readers to lose interest in or have negative feelings about the subject under review. Reviews have to be honest and describe what they see. Remember that review gives one person’s point of view. Not everyone will agree with this review.

Communicative Purpose
The purpose of review text is to analyze and evaluate some creative works, and to inform people about its strengths and weaknesses

Generic Structure
·         Orientation
Place the works in its general and particular context, often by comparing it with others of kind or through an analog with non-art object or event.
·         Interpretative Recount
Summarizes the plot andlor providers an account of how the reviewed rendition of the work came into being.
·         Evaluation
Provides an evaluation of the work andlor its performance or production; is usully recursive.
·         Evaluation Summation
Last opinion consisting of the appraisal or punch line of the art work being reviewed.

Language Features
·          The use of complex and compound sentences
·         The use of adjectives and phrases of appraisal
·         The use of metaphorical expressions
·         The use of noun phrase

Example
Frozen

Frozen a Walt Disney Production was released recently and I was fortunate enough to go and see it on the big screen. Created by the makers of Tangled and Wreck-It-Ralph I was really looking forward to this.
Frozen is something I think is completely new for a Disney production. It’s the first Disney film ever to teach girls that they don’t need a man to save them. Disney are moving with times it seems. I was touched by the ending, I did not expect it at all, but it was one of the most heart-warming endings to a film I have seen.
The plot was fairly simple, and fun to follow. Queen Elsa of Arendelle, voiced by Idina Menzel, is cursed with magical powers that no one knows about. She faces grave consequences if she does not manage to hide these powers. Also central to the plot is Anna, Queen Elsa’s sister, a very cheerful girl brought to life by the voice of Kristen Bell, who longs to reconnect with her sister but ends up causing tragedy as Elsa’s powers are revealed and her sister flees.
Anna sets out on a dangerous journey to find her sister along the way unravelling mysteries and discovering an old friend and the strongest character in the film, His name is Olaf, a snowman she built with her sister when they were young, you’ll love him too and what Olaf  loves are “warm hugs!” He is simply my favourite character in the film. Olaf is dumb, but very kind-hearted and made me laugh throughout the whole film.
Idina Menzel, who plays the voice of Elsa, received an Oscar for ‘Best Original Song’. She sang ‘Let It Go’ in the film, and I myself fell in love with the song. Originally sung by Demi Lovato, it has already sparked nearly 45 million views on YouTube.
Idina told Entertainment Weekly that “This is definitely a dream come true for me. I’m happy for the movie, I’m happy to be a part of the whole thing, and to have a song that really resonates with people is just beyond great”. 
I hope you enjoy the film as much as I did. I highly recommend it to everyone; it’s a great family movie with an incredible plot twist.


Source : http://youngjournalistacademy.com/2014/01/17/frozen-film-review-2/

News Item Text

Definition
A news item text is a text which is grouped into the text genre of narration. The main
function of narration is telling stories or informing about events in chronological order. The
order in the narration can be based of time , place and the events themselves.

Purpose
News Item Text is used to inform readers about events of the day which are considered
newsworthy or important.

Generic Structure
The main Generic Structure of News Item Text:
1. Newsworthy event(s) : Tell the event in summary form.
2. Elaboration ( background, participant, time, place )
3. Resource of information : comment by participants in, witnesses to and authorities
expert on the events.

Language Features
The Language Features of News Item Text:
1. Short, telegraphic information about story captured in headline
2. Focusing on circumstances
3. Using action verbs
4. Using saying verbs
5. Using adverbs : time, place and manner.

Examples of News Item Text

Town Contaminated

Newsworthy events
Moscow – A Russian journalist has uncovered evidence of another Soviet nuclear catastrophe, which killed 10 sailors andcontaminated an entire town.

Background Events
Yelena Vazrshavskya is the first journalist to speak to people who witnessed the explosion of a nuclear submarine at the naval base of shkotovo – 22 near Vladivostock. The accident, which occurred 13 months before the Chernobyl disaster , spread radioactive fall-out over the base and nearby town, but was covered up by officials of the Soviet Union. Residents were told the explosion in the reactor of the Victor-class submarine during a refit had been a ‘thermal’ and not a nuclear explosion. And those involved in the clean-up operation to remove more than 600 tons of contaminated material were sworn to secrecy.

Resource of Information
A board of investigators was later to describe it as the worst accident in the history of the Soviet Navy.

Source : http://www.nurdiono.com/generic-structure-of-news-item-text.html