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Question
You know the essential points required for a book review. Now form pairs and find essential points required for a play review and film review. You can take the help of your teacher, library, or the internet.
| Book Review | Play Review | Film Review |
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Solution
| Book Review |
Review of a play |
Review of a film |
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(1) Storyline |
(1) Story Line, Theme and Climax |
(1) Story Line |
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(2) Social/Historical Context |
(2) Actors/Actresses and their Presentations |
(2) Acting |
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(3) Writing Style |
(3) Use of lights, music and special effects |
(3) Direction |
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(4) My Thoughts. |
(4) Use of Sets, Costumes and Make-up |
(4) Editing |
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(5) My Thoughts and rating. |
(5) Cinematography |
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(6) Music and sound effects |
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(7) Special effects |
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(8) My thoughts and rating |
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Ask all your classmates to donate a book to the class. In this way, everyone will have a book of his/her own to read. Read the book in a week or two. After reading it, exchange your book with your classmate. Keep exchanging and reading books for the whole year. Every fortnight gives the book review of the book that you have read recently in the form of a presentation.
