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Write a Critical Review of a Book
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"The Book Review or Article Critique: General Guidelines"

This weblink helps you to evaluate texts through probing questions you can ask yourself while reading. In addition, it helps you to connect the reviewed book with course material. This source is not intended to help you review a piece of literature, like a poem or novel, rather it is intended to provide guidelines for reviewing non-fiction work.

What will I be able to do after reading this handout?
  • Ask yourself pertinent questions regarding the author's position on a topic.
  • Relate course materials to text.
  • Interact more with the text.
When might I use this handout?
  • When you are having trouble deciding exactly what your critical review should say.
How should I use this handout?
  • As a list of questions designed to engage you with the text so you can evaluate the information effectively.
Why should I use this handout?
  • This reference source will give you a quick review of the questions a critical review should address.
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