...Critical Book Review Lisa Robertson Liberty University Abstract Sexual addiction is a bigger problem than most people know. In today’s society it has become more of an issue because of the availability of sexually explicit materials. The main source for most sex addicts to access sexual materials is the internet. Sexual addiction unlike other addictions such as Drugs and alcohol, is a lot harder for the addicted person to open up and get help for. Because of the nature of the addiction there is a lot of shame involved. There are people in high positions at their church, doctors, lawyers and politicians who feel that if they reach out for help they can lose everything they have worked so hard for. Unfortunately, this shame that people feel keeps them from seeking the help they need. This issue should not be ignored but because of the negative nature associated with sexual addiction there aren’t very many resources available to sex addicts, and in most cases the church does not acknowledge it as a disease but more as a sin. This paper will explore these issues more as well as analyze the text the text by Dr. Mark Laaser. Summary The Text by Dr. Mark Laaser, Healing Sexual Wounds of sexual addiction deals with the many issues of sexual addiction. Sex addicts are dealing with a disease just as any other addict. They usually have consequences as a result of their addictions as well as experiencing extreme guilt afterwards. The text begins with addressing the differences...
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...1. Good Review – The good review I found was on goodreads.com for Life of Pi. The author of the review did not regurgitate the synopsis found on the back of the book nor laden the review with spoilers, but rather gave his/her opinion on the book, the narrative style, writing and structure and what was enjoyable about the book for him/her. 2. Bad Review – I found a bad review on amazon.com for The Girl on the Train. The reviewer, J.Regan, noted that the story was well written, that it keeps the reader’s attention but that the main character could be hard to like at times. There was no detail as to the writing style, nor why or how the author was able to keep reader’s attention. The reviewer also failed to explain why he/she did not like the main character at points in the book. With no further details, this review does not help someone interested in the book decide whether they may like it or not. 3. Fake Review – As I was looking for reviews on the book I’m reading for the critical review project, I Don’t Have a Thing to Wear: The Psychology of Your Closet, I found a title of a review that struck me as odd and the review itself was a bit over the top which to me comes off as fake. It was rated five stars and the review appears to be written by a girl’s boyfriend stating that “she can’t put it down” and “she just raves about it constantly” (Bouton, 2003). The one part that really puts me off about this review is that he says “and I wish I had a nickel for each time I've...
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...Center Book Reviews Like 17 people like this. What this handout is about This handout will help you write a book review, a report or essay that offers a critical perspective on a text. It offers a process and suggests some strategies for writing book reviews. What is a review? A review is a critical evaluation of a text, event, object, or phenomenon. Reviews can consider books, articles, entire genres or fields of literature, architecture, art, fashion, restaurants, policies, exhibitions, performances, and many other forms. This handout will focus on book reviews. Above all, a review makes an argument. The most important element of a review is that it is a commentary, not merely a summary. It allows you to enter into dialogue and discussion with the work’s creator and with other audiences. You can offer agreement or disagreement and identify where you find the work exemplary or deficient in its knowledge, judgments, or organization. You should clearly state your opinion of the work in question, and that statement will probably resemble other types of academic writing, with a thesis statement, supporting body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Typically, reviews are brief. In newspapers and academic journals, they rarely exceed 1000 words, although you may encounter lengthier assignments and extended commentaries. In either case, reviews need to be succinct. While they vary in tone, subject, and style, they share some common features: First, a review gives...
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...How to Write a Book Critique PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT: The idea behind this assignment is to give you the opportunity to read a detailed historical account on a particular subject and to analyze the book critically. The paper you will be writing should be a book critique, rather than a book report. In a book report, you simply summarize the book. In a book critique, you go much further - you analyze and evaluate the book. WHAT A BOOK CRITIQUE SHOULD INCLUDE: There are many things you should do in a good book critique. How much attention you give to these different components of the critique may vary depending on the book you are analyzing. 1. Summarize the book. Yes, despite what I said above about the difference between a book report and a critique, you nonetheless need to do some summarizing in your critique. You need to describe what the book is about in enough detail that someone who hasn’t read the book has a clear idea of the topic the author is addressing, the parameters of the book, and how the book is organized. If you don’t give your reader some idea what the book is about, then you may lose your reader when you start analyzing the book. Note that a chapter-by-chapter summary of the book is not needed. A general summary of the main points will be sufficient. 2. Identify the author’s purpose. What does your author want to accomplish with this book? What audience is the book intended for? Your author may want to fill a gap in historical literature...
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...Literature Research Literature reviews are completed by students to learn the proper format for setting up their own research projects. The following is information gleaned on what a literature review is, why it is conducted, and how to understand completing one . Additional information on how to write a review is covered as well. A literature review surveys scholarly articles, books and other sources relevant to a particular issue, area of research, or theory, and by so doing, providing a description, summary, and critical evaluation of these works. Literature reviews are designed to provide an overview of sources you have explored while researching a particular topic and to demonstrate to your readers how your research fits into the larger field of study. A literature review may consist of simple a summary of key sources, but it usually has an organizational pattern and combines both summary and synthesis, often within specific conceptual categories. A summary is a recap of the important information of the source, but a synthesis is a re-organization, or a reshuffling, of that information in a way that informs how you are planning to investigate a research problem. The analytical features of a literature review might: * Give a new interpretation of old material or combine new with old interpretations, * Trace the intellectual progression of the field, including major debates, * Depending on the situation, evaluate the sources and advise the reader on the...
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...Test Object Thing(ness) 1. Read this (this thing 1 cm. below) P. J. O’Rourke, the political satirist, reviews in this issue a new book about Starbucks. He told us, in an e-mail exchange, how he brews his own reviews: “I read something I’m reviewing the same way I read other things except more so. That is, I already keep a commonplace book (a file folder, really) for quotations, ideas, information, etc. If I’m going to write a review I mark the work for myself, but besides underlining what interests me I also underline what — as far as I can tell — interested the author. By the time I’m done I have an outline for the review. All I have to do is figure out a smart-aleck lead sentence and a wiseacre ending.”[1] 2. Then read the “How to write a Book Review” article on the very next page. Yes, it is a bit long but the information is really quite good. 3. Over the week go to www.salon.com or to http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books read at least five reviews and then divide them into good and bad reviews. Think about the specific qualities that define the better ones. The article from step two of this process will be helpful at this point. At the end of the day a good book review sees an interesting pattern or spins your understanding of the book in a new and delightful way…and importantly is enjoyable to read (as a writer you need to have fun savaging the book, exploring it, dwelling on it, falling in love with it, etc.). Finally remember that your job is to convince...
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...How to Write a Book Critique PURPOSE OF THE ASSIGNMENT: The idea behind this assignment is to give you the opportunity to read a detailed historical account on a particular subject and to analyze the book critically. The paper you will be writing should be a book critique, rather than a book report. In a book report, you simply summarize the book. In a book critique, you go much further - you analyze and evaluate the book. WHAT A BOOK CRITIQUE SHOULD INCLUDE: There are many things you should do in a good book critique. How much attention you give to these different components of the critique may vary depending on the book you are analyzing. 1. Summarize the book. Yes, despite what I said above about the difference between a book report and a critique, you nonetheless need to do some summarizing in your critique. You need to describe what the book is about in enough detail that someone who hasn’t read the book has a clear idea of the topic the author is addressing, the parameters of the book, and how the book is organized. If you don’t give your reader some idea what the book is about, then you may lose your reader when you start analyzing the book. Note that a chapter-by-chapter summary of the book is not needed. A general summary of the main points will be sufficient. 2. Identify the author’s purpose. What does your author want to accomplish with this book? What audience is the book intended for? Your author may want to fill a gap in historical literature...
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...Writing a Book Report Summary: This resource discusses book reports and how to write them. Contributors: Purdue OWL (owl.English.purdue.edu) Book reports are informative reports that discuss a book from an objective stance. They are similar to book reviews but focus more on a summary of the work than an evaluation of it. Book reports commonly describe what happens in a work; their focus is primarily on giving an account of the major plot, characters, thesis, and/or main idea of the work. Most often, book reports range from 250 to 500 words. Before You Read Before you begin to read, consider what types of things you will need to write your book report. First, you will need to get some basic information from the book: • Author • Title • Publisher location, name of publisher, year published • Number of Pages You can either begin your report with some sort of citation, or you can incorporate some of these items into the report itself. Next, try to answer the following questions to get you started thinking about the book: • Author: Who is the author? Have you read any other works by this author? • Genre: What type of book is this: fiction, nonfiction, biography, etc.? What types of people would like to read this kind of book? Do you typically read these kinds of books? Do you like them? • Title: What does the title do for you? Does it spark your interest? Does it fit well with the text of the book? • Pictures/Book Jacket/Cover/Printing:...
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...How to Write a Book Review The purpose of a book review in the most basic sense is to convey to the reader what the book is about and whether it is worth reading or not. A good book review expands upon these two areas. When describing the book the following should be included: • The vital statistics: the title, author, publisher, price, paperback or hardback, length, illustrations, if it has been translated • The type of material: fiction, nonfiction, essay, poetry, biography • The contents: describe what the book is about, the plot, its purpose, its organization • Information about the author: what they have written before, other prominent work, their qualifications • A quoted passage: to allow the reader to see important information and a sense of the writer’s style. When providing judgment of the book it should be followed by the reason why that judgment was made. It should provide enough support for the reader to decide whether or not they want to read or buy the book. The following are examples of what to make judgments on: • Intent or purpose: how well the author realized their intent or fulfilled the purpose of the book • Relevancy: if the book is relevant to the real world and our time • Accuracy: whether the book works or fails based on its accuracy or errors • Uniqueness: comment on the unique qualities of the book • Audience: a comment on the intended audience of the book or its appeal to other potential readers In addition...
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...Before The Test Before you take the test reviewing is important like different kinds of review like: Daily review. It includes short preclass and postclass review of lecture notes and also textbooks. Do weekly reviews. It includes reviewing at least 1 hour per subject once a week. Do major review. It helps when conducted the week before finals or other critical exams. Schedule reviews. Schedule specific times in your calendar for review. Take a practice test. Take a practice test before the actual test. Get copies of Old exams. Old test can help to review stratify. During The Test Prepare self for test by arriving early. Used scratch paper to make quick note in the margins of test sheet. Read direction slowly and answer the easiest, shortest question first. Follow your time and plan your time. Read the entire question, read all possible answer and eliminate incorrect answer. Find out what is asking and make outline on essay writing question, make a point and write legibly. After The Test After the tests take a few minute to write discovery statement related to your experience of taking test. Describe how effective your review strategies were. Do differently to prepare for the next test. When test is returned look the test items that you missed. Carefully analyze the source of errors and find a solution. 2) Test score measure your accomplishment in a course is false because test score is measure what student scored on test. If you anxious about a test...
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...com/questions_otherbooks.html In depth study questions for various well-known YA books. Favorite Teenage Angst Books http://www.grouchy.com/angst/ Read books reviews for older teenagers, arranged by themes. Secondary English http://www.secondaryenglish.com/ Book reviews, articles, columns and powerpoint presentations. Teenreads http://www.teenreads.com Contains book reviews, new books to read, suggestions for creating your own book club. Reading Rants – Out of the Ordinary Teen Booklists http://members.tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/jen/ As its title suggests, this site contains book lists and reviews according to unusual categories, such as Slacker Fiction, Out of the Closet, Teen Tearjerkers, etc. Harper Teen Fanlit http://forums.harperteenfanlit.com/blogs/the_daily_blog/default.aspx Contains a daily blog written by different YA authors about their texts. Teaching Literature http://www.teachingliterature.org/teachingliterature/ Companion website to a text book; contains a great section on YA literature with a comprehensive list of web sites related to teaching YA literature. Reviewers Checklist http://www.reviewerschecklist.com/ Online database to help children, teens and families find books by topic, publisher, series, etc. Middle & High School: Literature in Mathematics http://sci.tamucc.edu/~eyoung/middle_school_literature.html Contains a chart of books organized by the math topic being addressed. Just One More Book...
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...INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Pre-Exam review is a paid service the school offers two weeks before the exam proper. It reviews the student about his or her lessons during the quarter. It usually starts after dismissals and ends at five-thirty to six in the evening. This review usually has Saturday review sessions. The said review is only exclusive for the ones who paid. Josephian teachers are also the ones reviewing the students. However, subject teachers of a certain level are not allowed to review the same level of students. Sometimes, non-examinee distracts the session. Students that paid for the review sometimes skip sessions of their review and do other things like play sports or just laze around. However, students should be listening attentively to the teacher reviewing them. They should be present during the scheduled sessions until the end of it. Pre-exam review (definition from SJS handbook) Statement of the Problem The study will be conducted during the researcher’s free time. The questionnaires will be given to the subject/s of the study. It will be gathered after they answer or during free time. The papers will be labeled with their data and control number so that the researcher won’t have a hard time gathering or tallying answers. The subject/s of the study shall answer the set of questions prepared for them. Objectives of the Study The general objective of the study is to determine the effects of pre-exam review amongst Grade 8 and Grade 9 students of St...
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...“teaching effectiveness” in faculty promotion, tenure, and salary reviews. In most cases, the mechanism used to measure teaching effectiveness is a locally developed evaluation form that is completed by an instructor’s students toward the end of the course, usually before students have received their final course grades. The practice of using student evaluations of teaching (SETs) to evaluate faculty teaching effectiveness raises a number of concerns, including the basic validity of these forms and their sensitivity to external biases. The question of validity involves the extent to which SETs (or items on these forms) accurately predict student learning. Questions of bias involve the possibility that student responses are influenced by factors unrelated to the faculty member’s instructional effectiveness. The topic of this article is the biasing effect that faculty grading practices have on SETs. A broader discussion of this and related issues may be found in my book The GPA Myth, from which most of the following analyses are drawn. Both the validity of SETs and potential biases to SETs have been discussed extensively in the educational literature. A simple search of the ERIC database produces thousands of articles concerning various aspects of SETs, and Greenwald summarizes more than 170 studies that examined the specific issue of whether SETs represented valid measures of student learning. Clearly, a comprehensive review of this literature is not possible here, and so I will simply...
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...Online Image and Reputation: Mitigating Negative Impact of False Reviews on Service Industry Businesses Texas A&M University-Commerce Texas A&M University-Commerce Table of Contents Abstract 3 Chapter 1: Introduction 4 Chapter 2: Review of the Literature 6 Chapter 3: Methodology 11 Chapter 4: Findings 12 Chapter 5: Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations 14 References 15 Appendix 17 Abstract Online reviews are becoming an increasingly important component in generating a business’s image and reputation. Service industry businesses, particularly those that rely on positive word-of-mouth, are exposed to the negative influence of fake reviews and false ratings. This paper explores the ways that online reviews are manipulated, highlighting the effects of the social and anonymous nature of the Internet and online review sites. Additionally, this paper examines several methods that can be employed to mitigate the long-term impact of false or manipulated reviews, including a brief review of US law, and the monitoring of review sites to ensure that identifiably false reviews are removed. Keywords: online ratings, service industry, review manipulation Online Image and Reputation: Mitigating Negative Impact of False Reviews on Service Industry Businesses Chapter 1: Introduction Background Businesses, especially service industry businesses like hotels, restaurants, and rental agencies, rely on several methods of reaching out to potential...
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...able to rate, review and share opinions on products at the palm of their hands. The high usage of social media sites is creating a new medium for companies to communicate with consumers on a personal level they were not able to years ago. With the usage of smartphones sky rocketing consumers are now able give their “two cents” about products or services the second they experience them. This is an essential element for companies and consumers because social media allows them to view reactions about new products, whether they are negative or positive. Where would you like to eat tonight? Be daring and try the new bistro that just opened down the street or play it safe and go to Applebee’s? This could be one of the most daunting decisions someone may have to make throughout their day. When it comes to where one would like to spend their hard earned dollar on a meal 45% of consumers turn to leading social media sites like Yelp for recommendations (Pann). 57% of consumers rely on the reviews from these sites on restaurants to determine where they will dine that night (Pann). But how reliable are these reviews that consumers are putting such high importance when it comes to their dining experiences? When it comes to the reviews on websites such as Yelp, a recent study by Gartner a tech research company has determined by 2014 that 10% to 15% of reviews found on these sites are falsified (Pann). These falsified reviews are hurting the reputation of social media review sites because...
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