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Writing movie reviews: features, structure, vocabulary for film reviews

This comprehensive bundle offers everything you need for teaching your students how to write film reviews: * the review writing presentation focuses on genre conventions of reviews, the audience, purpose, language and structure of reviews in general * the film vocabulary presentation gives definitions and examples of different words and expressions used for describing and evaluating movies **Review writing presentation (text features, language, structure) ** There is a lot that goes into writing a review, and it can be hard to find a comprehensive resource that covers all the basic elements of this type of text, include genre conventions and text features, language characteristics and typical review structure. Well, this presentation might just be what you're looking for! With more than 50 slides, it provides in-depth information about various aspects of review writing. The presentation helps student learn about: Text features of reviews: Audience (typical audiences for different types of reviews) Purpose (why we write reviews and how they help people) Tailoring the review to the target audience (how to adapt the tone, content and examples in the review to different audiences) Register (formal, informal and neutral reviews and their characteristics) Subjectivity (how subjective opinions shape reviews) Facts and evidence (the need to corroborate opinions with verified facts and evidence) Audience engagement (how to get and keep the attention of the target audience) Language of reviews: Descriptive language (how descriptive language helps improve the quality of the review) Persuasive language (how persuasive appeals and techniques help improve the quality of the review) Jargon and specialist terminology (when and why they may be used) Vivid verbs and adjectives (how they help make the review more informative and persuasive) Evaluative lexis (what types of evaluative lexis can be used to express opinions about the subject of the review) Structure of reviews: Typical review structure (title, introduction, evaluation and analysis, conclusion, rating) Title (what is its purpose and what techniques to use to achieve that purpose) Introduction (key elements of the introduction and their purpose) Evaluation and analysis (key elements in the main part and their purpose: Conclusion (the purpose and form of a well-written conclusion Learning about these various elements of review writing helps prepare students for their future academic studies and career by helping them develop critical thinking skills, research and communication skills and opinion formation. These skills are crucial for their future careers as they help them form informed opinions based on solid research and articulate them in a clear and persuasive manner. Film review vocabulary presentation Do your students still describe a movie they watched as "good" or "bad"? Reading the same vague and bland movie reviews over and over again is a problem we've all encountered at some point, but getting students to write better reviews can be a difficult task. Writing a film review at a higher level requires students to know and use more advanced vocabulary for describing and evaluating movies. This means knowing how to describe the main elements of the movie, including the plot, characters, cinematography, music and visual effects, and understanding how to express positive and negative opinions about different elements of the movie. This 32-slide presentation helps students learn just that, without requiring any additional preparation by the teacher. The presentation includes easy-to-understand definitions and realistic examples that showcase how the given words and expressions are used in film reviews. The presentation focuses on words and expressions for: movie genres general film vocabulary types of movies types of characters describing the plot describing acting describing visual effects and music positive reviews negative reviews