Review of Literature Assignment 9/27
assignment timeline
1. Create an annotated bibliography (by 9/27): your secondary research bibliography with summary of sources
2. Cluster your sources by topic (clustering workshop 9/27) 2b. Read student examples.
3. Present an analysis and summary of your sources for an audience in engaging and clear prose with citations (draft for 9/29).
4. Workshop the draft 9/29
5. get feedback and revise
6. 9/29 use what you learned from secondary research to create an infographic. 9/29 conceptualize. 10/4. create a handwritten "map." 10/4: use piktochart to compose a draft of your infographic. get feedback and revise.
6. later: incorporate material from your secondary research into your a. presentation and b. analysis on your website
7. use your clusters for subtopic invention to generate analytical writing on further webpages in your project
1. Create an annotated bibliography (by 9/27): your secondary research bibliography with summary of sources
2. Cluster your sources by topic (clustering workshop 9/27) 2b. Read student examples.
3. Present an analysis and summary of your sources for an audience in engaging and clear prose with citations (draft for 9/29).
4. Workshop the draft 9/29
5. get feedback and revise
6. 9/29 use what you learned from secondary research to create an infographic. 9/29 conceptualize. 10/4. create a handwritten "map." 10/4: use piktochart to compose a draft of your infographic. get feedback and revise.
6. later: incorporate material from your secondary research into your a. presentation and b. analysis on your website
7. use your clusters for subtopic invention to generate analytical writing on further webpages in your project
UW Madison Writing Center defines the purpose of a review of literature this way: “to analyze critically a segment of a published body of knowledge [on a topic] through summary, classification, and comparison [of sources].”
This particular review of literature is designed to be read as a self-contained piece of writing that introduces a general audience to your autoethnography topic in aninteresting and nuanced way, beginning with a one-sentence definition. It is not meant to function as the first segment of your writing project but one of many nonlinear pages in the project.
Break it down:
summary: summarize the sources you found for a general audience, but do so concisely, with interest, and with the least repetition possible
classification: select and represent sources by group (“according to common denominators such as [methodological] approaches, conclusions of authors, [or] specific purpose” [UWM WC])
comparison: help readers understand the differences that are most relevant
You may focus on gaps, trends, conflicts, or new perspectives in the research (UMW WP).
As a rule of thumb, your literature review should refer to ten secondary sources. You must show evidence of database research.
In a reflection paragraph, after you complete the review of literature (ROL), justify orexplain the criteria by which you chose and grouped your sources.
MLA style in-text citation
length 500 words
This particular review of literature is designed to be read as a self-contained piece of writing that introduces a general audience to your autoethnography topic in aninteresting and nuanced way, beginning with a one-sentence definition. It is not meant to function as the first segment of your writing project but one of many nonlinear pages in the project.
Break it down:
summary: summarize the sources you found for a general audience, but do so concisely, with interest, and with the least repetition possible
classification: select and represent sources by group (“according to common denominators such as [methodological] approaches, conclusions of authors, [or] specific purpose” [UWM WC])
comparison: help readers understand the differences that are most relevant
You may focus on gaps, trends, conflicts, or new perspectives in the research (UMW WP).
As a rule of thumb, your literature review should refer to ten secondary sources. You must show evidence of database research.
In a reflection paragraph, after you complete the review of literature (ROL), justify orexplain the criteria by which you chose and grouped your sources.
MLA style in-text citation
length 500 words