1302 Class, Week 2 – Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2011
- Roll on Raider Writer
- Questions about course technologies, textbooks, log-ins – individual problems will be solved after class
- Discussion of Chapter 3 Readings – “The Rhetorical Situation” – to help delve into topic, keep these notes for help with completing BA2
- Song/Synthesis Discussion
- Definition/Discussion of Literature Review
- Review Brief Assignment 2 - Analysis of Literature Reviews
Purpose: To demonstrate your ability to understand what a literature review is and to analyze its structure
Description: Many writers, in the academic setting and beyond, review previous research as part of their own writing. They do this in the form of a specialized type of document often referred to as a literature review. The format or structure of a literature review can differ across academic disciplines and rhetorical situations. However, the overall objective of a literature review remains the same: to provide a “critical discussion, showing insight and an awareness of differing arguments, theories and approaches on a specific topic” (UCE Birmingham web site, par. 2). Your task for this assignment is to analyze a literature review in preparation for writing your own in draft 1.1. Your analysis should focus on the structure of the review and how that structure demonstrates the author’s purpose for writing it. Keep in mind that this type of writing may be called a literature review, an analytical literature review, a research review, or simply a review essay. Different fields have different names for an essay that reviews scholarship or research on a topic.
We have selected literature reviews from various genres. Choose one of the following literature reviews to analyze:
--Lead Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review
--(Extraordinary) Bodies of Knowledge: Recent Scholarship in American Disability History
--Parental Abduction: A Review of the Literature
--Role of Television in Childhood Obesity Prevention
These literature reviews are available at http://english.ttu.edu/lang/compfa10/fall_lit_reviews.asp.
To complete the assignment, write a 400-600 word essay in which you analyze the organization of the literature review which you have chosen from the list above. Your analysis should consider the author’s purpose for conducting the review, the way the author has grouped the research on similar topics, and the kinds of information which the author provides about the sources and their authors. In addition, your analysis should consider the rhetorical effect of the author’s decisions. You should cite examples from the literature review to illustrate your points. Your essay should be in MLA format. You must also include the author and title of the literature review in your introduction.
- Roll on Raider Writer
- Questions about course technologies, textbooks, log-ins – individual problems will be solved after class
- Discussion of Chapter 3 Readings – “The Rhetorical Situation” – to help delve into topic, keep these notes for help with completing BA2
- Song/Synthesis Discussion
- Definition/Discussion of Literature Review
- Review Brief Assignment 2 - Analysis of Literature Reviews
Purpose: To demonstrate your ability to understand what a literature review is and to analyze its structure
Description: Many writers, in the academic setting and beyond, review previous research as part of their own writing. They do this in the form of a specialized type of document often referred to as a literature review. The format or structure of a literature review can differ across academic disciplines and rhetorical situations. However, the overall objective of a literature review remains the same: to provide a “critical discussion, showing insight and an awareness of differing arguments, theories and approaches on a specific topic” (UCE Birmingham web site, par. 2). Your task for this assignment is to analyze a literature review in preparation for writing your own in draft 1.1. Your analysis should focus on the structure of the review and how that structure demonstrates the author’s purpose for writing it. Keep in mind that this type of writing may be called a literature review, an analytical literature review, a research review, or simply a review essay. Different fields have different names for an essay that reviews scholarship or research on a topic.
We have selected literature reviews from various genres. Choose one of the following literature reviews to analyze:
--Lead Exposure and Cardiovascular Disease: A Systematic Review
--(Extraordinary) Bodies of Knowledge: Recent Scholarship in American Disability History
--Parental Abduction: A Review of the Literature
--Role of Television in Childhood Obesity Prevention
These literature reviews are available at http://english.ttu.edu/lang/compfa10/fall_lit_reviews.asp.
To complete the assignment, write a 400-600 word essay in which you analyze the organization of the literature review which you have chosen from the list above. Your analysis should consider the author’s purpose for conducting the review, the way the author has grouped the research on similar topics, and the kinds of information which the author provides about the sources and their authors. In addition, your analysis should consider the rhetorical effect of the author’s decisions. You should cite examples from the literature review to illustrate your points. Your essay should be in MLA format. You must also include the author and title of the literature review in your introduction.
Note: The focus of this analysis is not so much on what is being said (content) but on the structure of the review.
- Scoring Guide Review
- Review MLA – Pg. 705 in textbook
HW:
· Read chosen article, complete and submit BA 2 by Monday, Jan. 24 at 11:59 p.m.
· Read Melissa Natoli’s Literature review after completing BA 2 – pg. 678 in textbook
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