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One of the podcasts I listen to are having weekly events where you listen to the old episodes and talk about the stories. I am TERRIBLE at this and would like to get better at it beyond 1-3 sentences that amount to "This is good."

Any recs or advice welcome.

That's a tough one. I think the best way is really to look at a lot of people who are good at it - unfortunately, it's hard to identify people who are really good at it, and it's also hard to get a sense of what they're doing when they're reviewing things that you're not necessarily familiar with.

One thing that I do when I try to critique things is, rather than just asking "is it good", break it down into a bunch of smaller, more specific questions. So like -

1) What is this thing? What genre is it in, what is it trying to do within that genre, how does it relate to other similar things?

2) How do I personally respond to this? What is the experience of watching or listening to this thing like?

3) How good is it? When you look at what it's trying to do, does it succeed or fail at doing those things? How well-executed is it, and in what ways is it well-executed or poorly executed?

4) What is it trying to say? Is it trying to say anything? Does it have a message, and does it get that message across well, and is that message something that I agree with?

Thanks so much! I am going to save this and just go point by point. At least then I will have a bit more to talk about.

Ethos - is the source believable, reliable, credible?
Logos - do their points make sense? is their logic sound?
Pathos - how does the source appeal to emotion? what emotions and why?

This is explains it more if you scroll down to Critical Listening: http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/kline-listen/b10ch4.htm

Thank you for the link!

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Does anyone have some guides or know some books that help you learn how to critique things better?

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Ethos, Logos, Pathos

Re: Ethos, Logos, Pathos