Evaluation vs. Other Modes
This type of writing tells a story with characters, actions, and a sequence of events.
What is narrative writing?
The standards used to judge/evaluate something.
What are criteria?
True or False: A quotation can speak for itself.
What is False?
Comparing a movie only by how closely it follows a book is called this.
What is evaluating based on fidelity/faithfulness?
Which is stronger? A) "The movie was boring." B) "The movie's slow pacing weakened audience engagement."
What is B?
This type of writing explains or informs readers about a topic without judging it.
What is informative/expository writing?
A claim that states whether something succeeds or fails according to criteria.
What is an evaluative claim?
Direct quotations, paraphrases, and summaries are examples of this.
What is evidence?
According to adaptation theory, changes should be judged based on this.
What is whether they work effectively in the new medium?
Improve: "The movie was awesome."
What is any claim that includes specific criteria?
Unlike opinion writing, evaluation requires this to support judgments.
What is evidence and criteria?
Name one possible criterion for evaluating a film adaptation.
What are pacing, character development, visual storytelling, audience engagement, theme preservation, etc.?
What is author last name and page number?
Name one criterion you could use to evaluate the opening scene of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
What is characterization, pacing, tone, emotional impact, visual storytelling, theme, etc.?
Improve: "The adaptation changed a lot of things."
What is a claim explaining whether those changes were effective?
An evaluative essay differs from a narrative because its primary purpose is this.
What is judging effectiveness or quality?
A criterion should be specific enough to do this.
What is guide/shape the evaluation with evidence?
After providing a quotation, writers should do this next.
What is explain or analyze the quote?
Movies often replace lengthy descriptions with this.
What is visual storytelling?
Turn this opinion into evaluation: "I didn't like the adaptation."
Any response that identifies a criterion and evidence.
"I liked the movie because it was fun" is an example of this type of writing rather than evaluation.
What is opinion writing?
This is missing from the claim: "The movie was good."
What is a criterion/reason for the judgment?
The mistake of dropping a quotation into a paragraph without explanation.
What is a quote drop?
"The film cuts details from the novel, but the faster pacing improves audience engagement." This is an example of a(n) ________.
What is an evaluative claim?
What's missing? "The film is better than the novel."
What is evidence and criteria?