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Brief article with which a work, a film, a record is discovered ...

The Review is a very short article or writing, corresponding to a journalistic publication in a media massiveNewspaper, magazine), or of an educational nature, in which an event, a literary, scientific work, among other alternatives, will be described concisely and succinctly. Books, records, films and scientific works that are released or published, as appropriate, are the subject of this type of article.

In that article or testimonial, the reviewer will describe and summarize some characteristics, either of a text or an audiovisual content, with the purpose of facilitating its knowledge more deeply, because in addition to offering a panoramic vision on the matter in question, the review also constitutes and presents a critical view regarding that fact.

They appear in the mass media and their purpose is to attract the attention of the public

The reviews, mostly, we find them in the media of

communication such as magazines, newspapers and generally deal with the same topics, books, recently released films, exhibitions and events. The objective is to bring the public closer to these events, highlight their values, get to know them and also awaken their interest so that they themselves come to see them, read them and participate in they.

People love to read reviews, even, many times they are the ones who end up leaning towards some book or movie. It is rare for a person to go to movie theater Or buy a book without first having read the review, what is it about, because of course, nobody wants to find some unpleasant surprise.

But there are also a smaller portion of people who find the reviews inconvenient because they just anticipate the story and they want to be surprised.

A review will be considered correct and fulfilling its function when it reflects the evaluation criticism and the interpretation of the person who prepared it.
At this point we must say that the review, when it is not favorable for the creator of the reviewed work, usually generate much disagreement and disgust with artists who feel mistreated by the punishment of their work. And also when the reviews are very unfavorable they tend to scare the public and therefore the work runs the risk of commercial failure. A problem, without a doubt, for its creators, producers, among others.

Characteristics and conditions

In summary, a review to be considered as such must meet the following characteristics: journalistic text, belongs to the genre of opinion, organized respecting an argumentative structure (defines the object to be discussed, establishes its position and closes with the position adopted), brief, proposes a panoramic and critical vision of the event, exposes the essential content, requires a process of composition.

The reviews of books and films are undoubtedly the most common and will require a thorough knowledge of the piece in question on the part of the writer. Meanwhile, the drafting It must be organized in such a way that it does not exclude anything relevant and thus be able to efficiently communicate our impression of it to readers.
There are also elements that can be used to attract readers to read, such is the case of a catchy title that catches and invites yes or yes to continue reading; some passages of the work can also be rewritten to give it even more reality and force to the review; and something that also does not fail and usually adds is to focus on the author of it, mentioning his career and being able to link the work that is reviewed with some other works of the author.

Note on the characteristic features of something

Also, the term is used to refer to that note that deals with the distinctive features, whether of a person, a thing, or an animal.

Synonym of short story

And finally, the word is usually used as synonym for short story. "During dinner, Juan, made a review about his last trip to Africa."

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