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Commentary Writing DON’TS

Commentary Writing DON’TS. A commentary should not be a précis ( summary or description) of the article. Summary and description are not commentary.

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Commentary Writing DON’TS

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  1. Commentary Writing DON’TS • A commentary should not be a précis ( summary or description) of the article. Summary and description are not commentary. • It is generally preferable not to proceed line-by-line through a passage from beginning to end; instead, one should identify important themes or elements and then discuss each of those in turn, illustrating with examples from the passage. • Do not reference other pieces of writing; whether they be your own or by somebody else. (It is possible to write a successful commentary on a piece of writing you have only just read because commentary is meant to be an exercise in analysis OF THE GIVEN PASSAGE.) • Any comments that do concern the wider context should remain secondary. They must emerge directly from an analysis of the passage or illuminate it in some way.

  2. Commentary Writing- Pay close attention to or identify…. • the use of language e.g. syntax (word order), grammatical features, word choice (lexical field), rhetorical devices, (but remember, there is no point in simply describing such features if you don’t explain how or why they are important or meaningful.) • voice, perspective, and point of view. For example, the relations between the voice of the text and the reader/audience. • assumptions that are implicitly or explicitly made by the text or attributed to the reader. Try to understand what this tells you about the writer or what the writer assumes about the reader. • bias in the text (what is presented, who does get a voice, words that make the writer’s altitude and beliefs clear, who se voice and perspective is missing etc) • ambiguities or inconsistencies and suggest possible alternative readings. • particular themes and elements of the passage; don’t try to write about every feature of the text.

  3. Writing a Commentary • Identify and annotate the major features of language that stand out in your text e.g. the changing tone of the text/ the use of bias/ the use of pathos/ the use of personal address/ etc • Create a list of the areas that you can provide the most varied details and examples for.

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