10.15 Homework

• In your own words, explain what evaluative writing is. 
• Why is establishing criteria important for an evaluative essay?
• At the end of the short essay (#2), there is a list of 5 questions. Choose one of the five questions and answer it on your blog. 

Evaluative writing is writing that analyzes and offers an opinion on a particular subject based on a set of criteria. When evaluating something through writing, it is important to define the particular set of criteria the subject is being evaluated on, because without doing this, the audience of the essay would have no way of knowing why the subject is good, bad, or whatever else is said about it in the essay. The essay would have no real substance or credibility. 

3) What is to be gained from seeing this issue from the point of view of a music executive? 

By seeing this issue from the point of view of a music executive, readers are granted the ability to see what efforts the industry already makes to ensure that music is appropriate for the people listening to it, and the reasoning behind these efforts. The author's point of view enabled me to see that music can be beneficial, and form a bridge between generations, so it shouldn't be blamed for violence. It also enabled me to see that despite the music industry's standpoint on music, music may still be deemed inappropriate for specific audiences.