English for Academic

and Professional
Purposes
Week 6
PRETEST:
A. Identification Type
Directions: Identify the following definitions. Then, choose the answer from
pool of choices. Write the letter before the number.

New Criticism 1. It should not be the focus of the critique and is usually shorter than
the critical evaluation.
Reader Response 2. It is an analytic literary criticism that is marked by concentration in
the language, imagery, and emotional or intellectual tension in literary works.
_Response paper 3. It claims that literary works contain intrinsic properties and treats
each work as a distinct work of art.
Summary 4. In composition, it is another term for a critique.
Thesis 5. It is a formal analysis and evaluation of a text, production, or
performance—either one's own (a self-critique) or someone else's.
Critique 6. These are the standards, rules, or tests that serve as the bases for
judgments.
Critiquing Criteria 7. The most important element in writing a critique which appears
mostly near the end of the introductory paragraph.

Feminism 8. It focuses on how literature presents women as subjects of socio-

political, psychological, and economic oppression.
Formalism 9. It is concerned with the viewer’s reaction as an audience of a work.
Marxist Criticism 10. It is concerned with differences between economic classes and
implications of a capitalist system, such as the continuing conflicts between the
working class and the elite.
B. Modified True or False
Directions: Write T if the statement is true and F if it is false.
False 11. When written by another expert in the field, a critique can also be
called a response review.
True 12. One of the common aspects looked into in feminist criticism (feminism)
is to use of imagery to develop the symbols in the work.
False 13. In formalism criticism, conflicts and interactions between economic
classes is NOT a common aspect looked into.
True 14. Claims by the reviewer also need to be backed up with evidence.
True 15. Critique is a genre of academic writing that briefly summarizes and
critically evaluates a work or concept.
Activity # 1
Directions: Identify the following brief example critiques whether they are
formalism, feminism, reader-response criticism, or Marxist criticism.

Reader Response Criticism 1. ―The lack of any explicit, clear instruction in

the text not only as to how a child should behave in Alice’s situation, but to
the readers of the text on how they should interpret it, engenders a negative
response in many students. Caroll’s wit, his intellect, his artistry, his sense
of play, is lost on them, and they cannot accept a text so open and so
ambivalent.‖- Gillian Adams on Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
Feminism 2. Chaucer gives the Wife a crucial and
challenging point about the depiction of women in texts when she asks,
―Who painted the lion? – Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Wife of Bath’s Prologue and
Tale
Marxist Criticism 3. ―The Lottery‖ is a horrifying example of what
happens when society can only distinguish two classes, specifically the
downtrodden working class and the wealthy leader class. This is made clear
through the characterization of the higher class, as well as the lower class,
and the effects on social change due to the class differences. – Shirley
Jackson on ―The Lottery‖
Formalism 4. Through Phoenix’s strenuous journey in the
wild country of Natchez Trace, Eudora Welty uses her protagonist to
symbolically show the struggle of African-Americans toward equality and
integration in the South after the Civil War. -―A Worn Path‖ by Eudora Welty
Formalism 5. The short story, ―Story of an Hour‖ creates a
vast amount of imagery in Mrs. Mallard’s changing emotions throughout the
text. – Cody Armstrong on Kate Chopin’s ―Story of an Hour‖
Activity # 2
Directions: Answer the following questions.
1. Why does the purpose of a critique important?

Helps an audience to understand the key points of the  article, and the author's ideas and intentions. It
indicates the perceived success of an article and analyses its strengths and weaknesses . Criticism help us
to give new perspective and opens our eyes to things we may have overlooked or never considerate
whether it’s a peer review of your work or a performance review.

2. Why do we write critiques?

The purpose for writing a critique is to evaluate somebody’s work. In order to increase the reader
understanding of it. A critical Analysis is subjective writing because it expresses the writers opinion or
evaluation of a text

3. Among the critical approaches, which one is your most preferred as

it is easy to evaluate. Discuss your answer.
The most critical approaches that I most preferred is feminism because it is focus only how literature
presents women as subjects of socio political Psychological and economic oppression
Activity # 3
Directions: Based on the given photograph, answer the following questions
on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Study the photograph. What do you see in this photograph? Use the
chart below to list people, objects, and activities that you can clearly
observe in the photograph.

People Objects Activities

Children that sifting Wastes Children paradoxically

Heavy polluted water risking their lives.
through the rivers full Rubbish dumps In order to survive they
of rubbish and Plants (water plants) swim in the heavily
polluted water.
bacteria Styrofoam
Spending their days sifting
plastics through polluted water to
find anything they can set
They can carry such a
disease respiratory
infections, pneumonia,
diarrhea
SELF-EVALUATION
Directions: Reflect on the learning that you gained after taking up this lesson by
completing the given chart.

What were your misconceptions What new or additional learning

about the topic prior to taking up
this lesson?
I thought that writing a critique paper is hard both
but when I read the lesson is just knew that writing
critique is easy but you must to learn various things
have you had after taking up this
lesson in terms of skills, content,
and attitude?
I learned criticism is to describe the main argument
of the work which is to explain the context in which
the work was created. Additional learning that I
learned is the critical approaches

POSTTEST
B. Directions: Write the answer of your choice before the number.
__B___1. When written by another expert in the field, a critique can also
be called a __________.
a. response review b. peer review c . effective review d. peer reply
D 2. Which of the following common aspect looked into in feminist
criticism (feminism)?
a. Use of imagery to develop the symbols in the work
b. Interconnectedness of various parts of the work
c. Paradox, ambiguity, and irony in the work
d. How gender equality (or lack of it) is presented in the text
C 3. Which of the following common aspect looked into is NOT in
Formalism?
a. Author’s technique in resolving contradictions within the work
b. Central passage that sums up the entirety of the work
c. Conflicts and interactions between economic classes
d. Relationship of the form and the content
__A___4. _____________by the reviewer also need to be backed up with
evidence.
a. Arguments b. Claims c. Statements d. Solutions
__C___5. It is a genre of academic writing that briefly summarizes and
critically evaluates a work or concept.
a. Concept paper b. Reaction paper c. Critique d. Review

B. Directions: Match the term in Column A with its definition in Column B.

Choose and write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided.

Answer Column A Column B

J 6. Critique a. The most important element in writing a

critique which appears mostly near the end
of the introductory paragraph.
A 7. Critiquing b. It focuses on how literature presents
Criteria women as subjects of socio-political,
psychological, and economic oppression.
B 8. Feminism c. It is concerned with the viewer’s reaction
as an audience of a work.
H 9. Formalism d. It is both a summary and an evaluation of
another writer’s article.
E 10. Marxist e. It is concerned with differences between
Criticism economic classes and implications of a
capitalist system, such as the continuing
conflicts between the working class and the
elite.
G 11. New Criticism f. It should not be the focus of the critique
and is usually shorter than the critical
evaluation.
C 12. Reader- g. It is an analytic literary criticism that is
Response Criticism marked by concentration in the language,
imagery, and emotional or intellectual
tension in literary works.
I 13. Response h. It claims that literary works contain
Paper intrinsic properties and treats each work as
a distinct work of art.
F 14. Summary i. In composition, it is another term for a
critique.
D 15. Thesis j. It is a formal analysis and evaluation of
Statement a text,
k. Theseproduction, or performance—either
are the standards, rules, or teststhat serve as the
one's own (a self-critique) or someone else's.
bases for judgments.