DIRECTIONS: Write an outline /script for a review of the top five best (or worst) things in any category you choose. Some suggestions are:
- Best/worst things to eat
- French fries or hamburgers
- Places to live
- EDC tools
- Clothing brands
- YouTube channels
- Games
- Restaurants
- Experiences of your life
- TV/Netflix/Amazon shows
- Movies
- Shoes
- Sports teams
- Hobbies
- Websites
- Phone brands
- Technologies
- Things you can’t live without
- Architecture styles
STEPS:
1. Do Research / Learn From Others
Everyone needs to do some research / brainstorming before writing. Browse the web for some top five or ten lists. YouTube, Google, whatever you wish. How do the presenters present their material? After you see a few reviews, make a decision about the topic(s) you’d like to explore and outline your thoughts.
2. Define the Topic (Subject)
Begin with an introduction to your topic and explain exactly what you are reviewing, the way that you are going to rate the five things that you are reviewing, and why you chose the topic you are dealing with. If you are reviewing the five best restaurants in Eugene, outline and explain what you look for in a restaurant and why you selected the restaurants on your list.
3. The Arrangement
You want your review to build up to something and therefore should save the best of the best or the worst of the worst for the end. Build up to your big number one best or worst to hook your audience.
4. The Format
Write a paragraph for each of your five selections and use complete sentences. Be sure to devote an entire paragraph to each of the selections on your list and apply the same rating system that you describe in your introductory paragraph.
5. Style
Since this is not a state examination, you should feel free to be yourself in your writing. Be humorous or serious depending on your personality, choice of how to approach the topic, but be sure to inform your reader and stick to the topic of your choosing. Focus on the aspects of your choices that make your choices unique. Avoid words such as “stupid” and “it sucks”. Be impressive, be yourself, and show the audience that you are taking the assignment seriously, even if you aren’t.
6. Finish
Submit your final outline / a rough copy in Canvas or send me your final document at bjornstad_t@4j.lane.edu.