How to convey your opinion when you have none?
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How to convey your opinion when you have none?
Lorena on Sat Jul 04, 2009 4:13 am
I need to analyze a nonfiction novel in my summary. It wasn't boring, but it wasn't interesting either. It was obviously well-researched, and I didn't find flaw with it, but there was no brilliance to it to comment on-- but that's it. There's really nothing else for me to state my opinion on.
How do you deal with this sort of situation?
How do you deal with this sort of situation?
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Re: How to convey your opinion when you have none?
Grace on Sat Jul 04, 2009 10:54 am
If you cannot find anything with the novel itself to form an opinion, why not ask for the purpose of the novel? Obviously, the writer wants to do something other than tell a story, why else would he pick something that actually happened?
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Re: How to convey your opinion when you have none?
Paul on Sat Jul 04, 2009 6:48 pm
Maybe something like "The book, though well-researched and informative, was not enlightening. It did not inspire me to read further about the subject". Then touch on some of the reasons why you feel this way. Sorry I can't give you more to go on than that.
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