Exploration 5- Holly Galvin

1. One observation I have from my active reading is that there are specific parts to a review essay that make it a review essay. For example there are four parts to a review essay, judgement, reasons, criteria and evidence. The essay also has to be focused on a specific example of a larger example, and the writer has their judgments clearly stated supported with reasons and evidence, and the essay shows both points of view. The review about Nickelback is very blunt in my opinion. Melinda Newman gives information about many of their songs and describes what they are about and the meaning behind them. This review of Nickelback gives insight on their band and their intentions when they right their songs. They can write about women as objects and they also right about women as queens whom they worship. I knew people didn't really like Nickelback but I never really knew why.
2. I use reviews in my own life with many different things. I used a review about 3 years ago when I was looking for a car. I was buying a used car and I wanted to know how well taken care of the car was before I bought it. I looked at many different cars and all the comments and reviews that they had. One thing almost every person is looking for when they are searching for a car is a car that has not been smoked in before. I ended up finding the exact car that I wanted with an okay number for mileage and the interior was nice and the outside was in good condition as well. The only thing that was wrong with the car was that it had been smoked in for many years. I saw this in the review and I did not want the car but my dad convinced me that we could get rid of the smell and it would be a perfect car for me otherwise. The review on this car helped me make my decision on weather or not to buy the car and that is a huge decision to make.

This is my car, the car is in good condition on the outside and you would never know it was smoked in if you didn't read the review first.