The audience of a typical Amazon review would be someone who is interested in shopping online (on Amazon) and is interested in doing research/or reading reviews on a product they are about to purchase to ensure they get the best possible product. People who write customer reviews are generally people who have had extreme experiences on the spectrum of online shopping. These extreme experiences can either be extremely good, and customers feel the need to share their amazing experiences with future customers assuring them the product its worth its while. On the other hand experiences can be extremely horrible and customers feel the need to warn future customers about the poor performance of the product, and tell them not to purchase the good.
The review of 'Tuscan Dairy Whole Vitamin D Milk" I chose to analyze takes the form of a narrative. In this narrative the author describes how her husband would come home every Friday after a hard week of work carrying "an icy jug of Tuscan Whole Milk, 1 Gallon, 128 fl oz in his right hand". The author then mentions how one Friday her husband failed to come home with the jug of milk and she knew something was wrong. The author then goes on to say "He was tired of this life with me, tired of bringing home the Tuscan Whole Milk, 1 Gallon, 128 fl oz." explaining how her husband was probably living some secret life behind her back and cheating on her. I feel like this particular review isn't formatted like other reviews I have seen on Amazon because it doesn't necessarily rate or review the product they are commenting on. As I mentioned earlier, it is more of a personal narrative, and it is probably targeted for an audience who is interested in reading a short detailed narrative that is dramatic and entertaining.
Link to the Review:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/RKT07YYORZMZE/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_viewpnt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00032G1S0#RKT07YYORZMZE
Good! In the first paragraph, you do a nice job of outlining the purpose of a typical Amazon review, including the typical writer of a review as well as the typical content of the genre.
ReplyDeleteGreat job of utilizing concrete examples from the review you chose as evidence for your claim, which was that the review was more of a personal narrative than a typical Amazon customer review (genre).
Grade: Check