The Review is the expository-argumentative text that is made in the academic field and in newspapers, magazines or other means of communication about a certain fact. It is often used to refer to a cultural and sporting act or in literary and artistic criticism.
In a review, a recount is made of the content of the work or event, selecting the significant, its essential ideas, its purpose, the purpose and other complementary aspects; thus reflecting the opinion of the writer.
In general, the review can be descriptive when it reports the content of the event without establishing judgments or conclusions of any kind about it. And critical when it establishes value judgments about the work. In the latter, it should be noted that a good critic should avoid arbitrariness and favoritism, formulating fair value judgments, weighted, reflective, and based on knowledge of the subject.
The review, being an opinion or interpretive genre, presents in a textual scheme with the introduction or presentation on the topic to be considered, to attract the reader's attention. The development or analysis of the topic, exposition of arguments in favor and refutation of the opposites, relying on examples, data, testimonies, quotes, etc. And the conclusion, in which the thesis or proposition is reaffirmed and its consequences are extracted.
There are different types of reviews: bibliographic or literary reviews on books; of cinema and television, about films, series and tv programs; of events and shows, such as plays and concerts; sports, games, clubs, teams or national teams, politics, among others.
In the academic field, students, professors and researchers write reviews to account for texts read. At university it is a constant exercise, as it allows evaluating the reviewer's capacity for understanding, reflection and synthesis.
