Evaluative questions

Due to a last minute request, here are the basics of an evaluative question. We did touch on these a bit during our last class.

One might look like the following:

How effectively has the artist created movement in this work?

To address this question the following must be given:

1. Either effectively, or not very effectively.

For BOTH sides, you then need to state how movement is created. It's a lot like an analyze question in this way. "The artist creates movement through the use of line, which can be seen..."

From then, the answer either ends, effectively, when you give a 1 sentence wrap up, OR, if in your opinion it is NOT EFFECTIVE, you then need to give SUGGESTIONS as to how movement could have been shown MORE effectively.

Once again, this is a subjective type of question.

Another example would be "how effectively has the artist used color and form in this artwork?". The same process needs to be followed as for the above answer, but this time you need 2 body paragraphs, one that addresses form and another for color.


I hope this helps and I will see you all at 1215 for the exam today.

Happy studying!