Penjelasan Review Text Lengkap dengan Contoh

Review Text konon adalah pelajaran terakhir bahasa Inggris tingkat SMA. Seandainya sobat tidak bisa membuat contoh review text (teks review), bisa dikatakan bahwa sobat belum bisa dan "belum pantas" lulus Ujian Nasional khususnya untuk pelajaran bahasa Inggris. Tidak mau kan dibilang tidak lulus ujian?

Oleh karena itu, agar tidak "dianggap" gagal dalam menempuh perjalanan selama sekolah, mari kita pelajari lagi apa dan bagaimana review text itu. Siap?

Pengertian Review Text

Secara harfiah, review bermakna "tinjauan, ringkasan, tinjauan ulang." Jika ada frasa book review berarti bermakna tinjauan buku. Karenanya, review text bisa diartikan secara harfiah sebagai teks yang difungsikan untuk meninjau. Apa saja yang ditinjau? ya apa saja lah, baik buku, produk kecantikan, mobil, hp, laptop dan lain sebagainya.

Social Function Review Text

Ternyata review text bisa berfungsi sebagai to criticise an art work or event for a public audience. (untuk memberikan kritik terhadap suatu karya seni, ataupun pertandingan untuk khalayak umum).

Ciri Kebahasaan (Language Features)

Pada Review Text terdapat beberapa ciri kebahasaan seperti berikut ini:
1. Menggunakan present tense.
2. Banyak menggunakan adjective (kata sifat) seperti, bad, good, valuable, etc.
3. Sering menggunakan long clause (klausa panjang) dan kompleks.

Generic Structure Review Text

Generic Structure dari Review Text terdiri dari :

• Orientation : places the work in its general and particular context, often by comparing it with others of its kind or through an analog with a non–art object or event. (menempatkan karya yang ditinjau pada konteks umum ataupun khusus, biasanya dengan membandingkan dengan karya lain yang sejenis atau melalui analogi obyek yang bukan karya seni.)

• Interpretive Recount : summarize the plot and/or providers an account of how the reviewed rendition of the work came into being. (meringkas alur cerita "jika mereview buku" bagaimana cara penyampaian karya tersebut)

• Evaluation : provides an evaluation of the work and/or its performance or production; is usually recursive. (memberikan sebuah evaluasi karya ataupun penampilan, produksi; evaluasi ini biasanya berulang-ulang)

Sebenarnya, susunan umum (generic structure) review text ini tidak harus sama persis seperti di atas, mungkin karena alasan "meringkas" pelajaran, jadi ketiga susunan tadi bisa sebagai gambaran umum saja, oke.

Masih bingung? Yang nulis juga bingung :) Okelah mari kita langsung saja memberikan beberapa contoh review text, yang semoga bisa menambah pemahaman kita tentang review text.

Contoh Review Text (1) - A Book Review

Rhymes of the Times By: Harold Matthew Nash 

Publisher: Booksurge

Reviewed by: John Lehman

   

I particularly liked the first few pages of this book where the poet acknowledges those who have helped him and tells us something about his life. Too often writing is a lonely task and poetry so personal that it excludes others until they read the final result. But both poets and audiences are intimately involved in the process. Readers are not consumers looking for a pair of shoes, but people trying to discover something about how they feel, as well as understand the emotions of the person writing the poem. This spirit of openness and participation is right here from the start in this collection. 

Harold is one of nine children, raised by his mother. In the Introduction he tells us about public moments that have shaped his life (Martin Luther King’s ”I Have a Dream” speech, Muhammad Ali’s “I can float like a butterfly and sting like a bee.”) as well as very private ones like attending the wedding of a girl he was still very much in love with. This not only gives us an insight into the person behind these poems, it helps us understand their inspiration and connection to things outside of the words. “The Bee in the Web” draws on the “butterfly”/”bee” of Ali’s boast, yet expands on it to a message of racial harmony as opposed to one of militant aggression and separatism. 

There are some great titles (“The Martian and the Wino,” “W Stands for Wrong", ”Fasten Your Seatbelt”) and lines that make us think (“Sometimes I feel that life’s a curse, has front-wheel drive and no reverse” and the very poignant “I hate in order to protect yourself—you pack a gun or mace. So why don’t I say what the hell and hate the human race.”) There are also some bad lines: “Her skin is cream, her body is slim. Looking at her makes the average saint sin.”—perhaps, but what or who is “the average saint”? The book ends with a sweet poem by Charla Angeline Hultmann (and I really like the candor of her bio) called “Gift” and “giving” is the real spirit of this book of poetry. 

I will be honest, I am not a fan of rhyme. There is a delight in adjacent sounds rubbing together—vowels held and savored, consonants clicking in a row—but “easy” rhymes (“head”/“dead”; “love”/”dove”; “moon”/”prune”) tend to overshadow poetic subtleties, determine word choice and the words themselves lose their meaning, becoming clichés. But this is the music of this poet’s generation, and there is no denying that poetry is more alive, more meaningful and more accessible than it has ever been at any other time during my life. PS I do love the “Osama” “mama” rhyme. In general I think it would benefit Harold Nash’s development to read more of the published contemporary Black poets. 


But form aside, this is an honest (courageous and unflinching) look at life today—one we need to share together for the survival of us all. That is “Rhymes of the Times” message. And it is a good one.

Contoh Review Text (2) - A Product Review

iPhone 5S
 

Orientation: After a long attendance, the iPhone 5S finally officially released. After quite satisfied with seeing the leaked photos, specs, and speculation on various websites about the iPhone 5S technology, for those of you who have been eyeing this latest generation of the iPhone, you should start saving now, because soon the iPhone 5S will certainly be available.

There are many differences at the launch of the iPhone at this time, the most prominent is Apple launched two iPhones at once, namely: iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S. iPhone 5C itself is a cheap version of the iPhone that has the same specs as the iPhone 5S, but comes with a plastic body and 5 different colors.

Okay, at this time we will discuss about the iPhone 5S which comes with many latest advantages over previous generation of iPhone.

Interpretative: Most of us have understood that since the first Apple designed a version of the ‘S’, it always has the same design as the ‘non-S’, as well as 5S. iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S has the exact same design with 3 new color combination are: White-silver, black-and-white silver, and gold. Concerning the design, the iPhone 5 has the same physical with the previous generation (iPhone 5). However, 5S has a Home-Button button which has a rim section with a matching plate bezel that gives the more elegant impression.

It has a fingerprint sensor on the round home-button. If during this time we unlock access to iPhone with code numbers, now with Touch ID we can unlock the iPhone 5S in a more rapid, practical, futuristic even safer than before – because we are the only finger that can unlock the iPhone ourselves. IPhone 5S is the world’s first smartphne using 64-bit technology. The latest chip in the iPhone 5S A7 gives you the capability of CPU and graphics performance up to 2x faster than the A6 chip (iPhone 5).

Unlike most other brands of the latest generation, the iPhone is not just increasing the megapixels. The megapixel is still the same (8 MP), but the sensor, flash, zoom and camera features of the iPhone 5S experience a drastically increase. The latest case is specially designed as a perfect one for used. It made of premium leather with bright colors which give the impression of elegance and comfort.

Evaluation: iPhone 5S currently only comes in capacities of 16, 32, and 64 GB. Unfortunately, the product of the genius Steve Jobs is not armed with a larger capacity such as 128 GB of 164 GB. Nowadays, many users store music, photos, and other documents in a smart phone device. Desperately, it absolutely needs a device that has a large capacity.


Contoh Review Text (3) - A Film Review
Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix
 

Orientation
I absolutely love the Harry Potter series, and all of the books will always hold a special place in my heart.

Evaluasi 1
I have to say that of all of the books, however, this was not my favorite.

Evaluasi 2
When the series began it was as much of a "feel good" experience as a huge mug of hot cocoa. The stories were bright, fast-paced, intriguing, and ultimately satisfying.

Interpretation
Order of the Phoenix is a different kind of book. In some instances this works...you feel a whole new level of intensity and excitement by the time you get to the end. I was truly moved by the last page. Other times the book just has a slightly dreary, depressing feel. The galloping pace of the other books has slowed to a trot here, and parts of it do seem long, as if we're reading all about Harry "just hanging out" instead of having his usual adventures. Reading in detail about Harry cleaning up an old house, for example - housekeeping is still housekeeping, magical or no, and I'm not very interested in doing it or reading about other people doing it.

A few other changes in this book - the "real" world comes much more in to play rather than the fantasy universe of the previous books, and Harry has apparently been taken off his meds. I know that he had a lot to be grumpy in this book, especially with being a teenager and all, but the sudden change in his character seemed too drastic. He goes from being a warm-hearted, considerate person to someone who will bite his best friend's heads off over nothing. It just seemed like it didn't fit with his character, like he turned into a walking cliché of the "angry teen" overnight.

Summary
The "real" story seemed to happen in the last 1/3 of the book, and this part I loved. I actually liked the ending (and yes, I cried!) as sad as it was. It packed a punch and it made me care about the story even more. Still a really good book, with some editing it would have been great. 

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