Question 1
A student's movie review begins: 'The film opens with a car chase, then the hero meets a scientist, then they travel to Berlin, then...' and continues this way for three paragraphs before a final sentence saying the film was 'pretty good.' Which weakness does this draft show?No clue? Show me the answer
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Method #1Direct reasoningStep 1: Identify the pattern
The draft lists events in order using 'then... then... then' with no judgement attached to any of them.
Step 2: Apply the review conventions
A review must do evaluative work in every paragraph, not just narrate what happens chronologically.
Step 3: Interpret the ending
The single vague verdict 'pretty good' at the end confirms the body paragraphs carried no evaluation at all.
Step 4: Select the answer
This matches the common mistake of retelling plot like a summary rather than reviewing it.
Method #2Process of eliminationStep 1: Eliminate context option
The draft does describe scenes, so lack of context is not the issue being shown here.
Step 2: Eliminate early verdict option
The verdict actually comes too late, at the very end, not too early, so this option is backwards.
Step 3: Eliminate craft option
There is no craft comment at all in this excerpt, but that absence is not the specific flaw described.
Step 4: Confirm correct answer
The excerpt is a step-by-step narration with no evaluation, matching the plot-retelling mistake.
Question 2
A movie review writer wants to follow the recommended structure. In which paragraph should the writer's overall judgement of the film first appear?No clue? Show me the answer
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Method #1Direct reasoningStep 1: Identify the frame requirement
The essay frame explicitly says to open with a hook and state the overall judgement early.
Step 2: Apply the audience imperative
Readers deciding whether to watch a film want to know the verdict quickly, not after a long wait.
Step 3: Interpret 'do not make the reader wait'
This phrase directly instructs writers to avoid saving the verdict for a surprise ending.
Step 4: Select the answer
The opening paragraph is where the hook and verdict are meant to appear together.
Method #2Process of eliminationStep 1: Eliminate closing-only option
Restating the verdict at the end is expected, but the first statement of it should not wait that long.
Step 2: Eliminate weaknesses option
Weaknesses are one part of the evidence, not the required location for the very first verdict.
Step 3: Eliminate craft comment option
The craft comment is a brief technical note placed later, not where the verdict must first appear.
Step 4: Confirm correct answer
Only the opening paragraph matches the instruction to state judgement early.
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