Review

v    Social Function / Purpose   (Tujuan):

To critique an art work, event for public audience. Such works of art include movies, TV shows, books, plays, operas, recordings, exhibitions, concerts and ballets (mengkritik hasil karya seni sepertifilm, TV show, buku drama,opera, rekaman,pameran, konser, balet)

v    Generic / Schematic Structure (Urutan Kejadian / Pembahasan):

ü   Orientation : place the work in its general and particular context, often by comparing it with others of its kind or through analoguewith a non-art object or event ( menempatkan suatu karya seni pada konteks umum atau khusus, membandingkannya dengan karya seni lain ataupun dengan karyanon-seni lainnya)

ü   Interpretive Recount : summaries the plot and/ or provides an account of how the reviewed rendition of the work come into being; is optional, but if present, often recursive ( ringkasan cerita atau bagaimana penciptaan sebuah karya seni,sifatnya optional)

ü   Evaluation : provides an evaluation of the work and/or its performance or production; is usually recursive ( memberikan penilaian terhadap sebuah karya seni atau penampilan atau produksi, biasanya berulang)

ü   Evaluative Summation : provides a kind of punch-line which sums up the reviewer’s opinion of the art event as a whole; is optional ( memberikan kesimpulan atau pendapat penulis terhadap sebuah karya tersebut secara keseluruhan)

v    Linguistic Features ( Struktur / Susunan Kebahasaan yang digunakan) :

ü   Focus on Particular Participants ( fokus pada obyek tertentu)

ü   Direct expression of options through use of Attitudinal Ephitets in nominal or groups; qualitative attribute and affective mental processes ( menggunakan kata yang mengungkapkan perasaan penulis secara langsung = impress, feel, think, interested)

ü   Use of elaborating and extending clause and group complexes to package the information ( menggunakan klausa yang kompleks dalam memberkan informasi)

ü   Use of metaphorical language ( menggunakan gaya bahasa metafora / kiasan)

Example:

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (By J.K. Rowling)

The book takes the place in modern times, in England. The main character is Harry Potter, a wizard. He goes to a school for witches and wizards, called Hogwarts. (Orientation)

It is Harry’s second yearat Hogwarts and he and his two best friends, Hermione and Ron are having a great time learning magic. There is a new professor, Gilderoy Lockhart keeps nagging Harry, because the professor thinks that Harry tries to get attention to be famouse! While all the witches at school love the new professor, all of the wizards think he is a big joke. ( Interpretative Recount)

After a month of school at Hogwarts, strange attack begin to happen. First, the caretake’r cat, Mrs.Norris, has been found, not dead, but petrified! Not only was Filch’s cat attacked, but some of the Muggle-born students at Hogwarts have been found petrified also. Naturally,all of the students are frightened at this, but they become even more scared when the next victim to be found petrified is the Gryffindor ghost, Nearly Headless Nick! (Interpretative Recount)

What kind of monster is powerful enough to kill someone who already dead? Who will be the next victim? To find out you must read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secret! I have to say that the story was bright, fast paced, intriguing, and ultimately satisfying. (Evaluation)

The book is definitely a page turner! I recommend this book to nine years old and over. (Evaluative Summation)