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COMM 1312 103 Writing And Research Assignment 3: Review of the Literature

Dr Dion C. Smythe

[email protected]

8th March, 2021

Mid-term Examination

On Wednesday 10th March, 2021; in class-hour;

The mid-term exam is (unsurprisingly) virtual;

It consists of 50 multiple-choice questions;

Each has 4 responses; chose the correct answer;

I do not set ‘trick’ questions;

If a response is bizarre/off the wall that shows that it is one of the incorrect possible ‘answers’;

Assessment Schedule

Idea of topic/subject

Prospectus:

Annot Biblio:

Mid-term [MCQs]:

Literature Review:

Introduction:

Full Draft Paper:

Final Paper Sub:

Portfolio:

Attendance:

Final Exam [MCQs]:

1% W 3 2 ii 2021

10% W 5 20 ii 2021

10% W 7 6 iii 2021

10% W 8 10 iii 2021

10% W 10 27 iii 2021

10% W 12 10 iv 2021

10% W 14 24 iv 2021

20% W ‘A’ 8 v 2021

5% W 16 16 v 2021

10% W 17 tba

Assignment 3: Literature Review

The third assignment is due electronically on Sat 27 March 2021 by 23:59; upload to blackboard;

Anything later that this will attract penalties;

The coversheet will be uploaded onto blackboard;

Submit the file (one file ONLY) as .doc or .docx

Name file: ˂YourNameYourID˃Assign3.docx

No other formats are accepted; they will be rejected;

Times New Roman is best; preferably 12-point;

Line-space: double spaced or 1.5;

Plan Generic §2: Literature Review

‘Literature’ here means what has been written before

Cannot be complete/exhaustive (not a PhD);

Highlight what has been written about your topic before and what you are doing that is shiny & new;

Can previous literature be divided into categories?

Is there a dominant ‘school’ and revisionist one?

Is there an ‘academic’ category and then ‘popular’?

Where do you think/expect your work to fit in?

You are placing yourself within scholarly debate;

The format: Literature Review

This section [2] of your draft essay is to be written in continuous prose divided into paragraphs;

When you refer to one of your sources you NEED to give an in-line citation: “..(Surname, date, p. 6).”

Double check that your in-line citation matches an entry in the List of References list at the end;

(i) A (very) brief ‘Introduction’;

(ii) “Group” [or “body”] paragraphs;

(iii) A residual ‘conclusion’ – really a transition;

Literature Review: what to do? 1

You have an alphabetical list of 10 items (Ass 2);

You have ten “comments”, for each item (Ass 2);

These annotations answer the four questions:

(i) what is it about? (ii) what does it do well? (iii) what does it do ‘badly’? (iv) how will it help me?

Cf. this to what ‘reviews’ do; egs on blackboards;

When you refer to one of your sources you NEED

to give in-line citation: “...(Surname, date, p. x)”;

You have a list of 10 ‘items’; put them in groups;

Literature Review: what to do?

You have an alphabetical list of 10 items (Ass 2);

Alphabetical by author surname; A B C D E F G

H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Now you will change this; group your items by

SUBJECT MATTER

If they talk about the same things then they go in

the same group; sometimes it will be the same;

Other times it will be the same topic but argued from different points of view;

Literature Review: what do you do 2?

You have an alphabetical list of 10 items (Assign 2);

You have ten ‘paragraphs’, for each item (Assign 2);

Take your ten items (the paragraphs not the list part)

And ‘group’ them into groups; put what goes together, together; ideally maybe 3 (three) groups;

1:9 [not advised]; 4:3:3; 6:2:2; 1:2:3:5; 4:3:2:1;

You are now going to write an approximately 500 word ‘essay’ on your source materials/items;

(1) very brief ‘Intro’; (2) ‘group paragraphs’; (3) residual ‘conclusion’ [transition to ‘Methodology’];

Literature Review: Plan

How long is this section to be? How many words?

Introduction: what you have found out about your topic in general terms; how many items have your found? Then (the new part) how you have divided the items into groups/clusters/clumps and why;

Group 1;

Group 2; [this is by way of example; you may Group 3; have any number (almost) of groups]

Conclusion: more of a transition that leads into

the next section of your essay: “Methodology”;

The Plan §3: Methodology

The way you have conducted your research;

For you a short section in paper;

What did you do to find information re topic;

How did you conduct your research?

What did you do first? Then what?

How did you organise your library search?

Were there search criteria that helped?

What surprised you in search?

Literature Review: Group Paragraphs

Term “group” or “clumps” just to give them a name: they are not formal terms for this;

You have ten items from Assignment 2; in alphabetical order; Assignment 3, you must put them into a coherent, intellectual order;

Which of the ten belong together? Why?

You should then end up with groups or clumps

or clusters of items that ‘go together’;

Then write about them coherently and sensibly;

Plan for Group Paragraphs

Must be done for each of the group paragraphs;

1. What unites these items into this group? Why have you put them into this group? Then review

What do they do? What do they cover? Omit?

What do they do well? Give EXAMPLES;

What do they do not so well? Give EXAMPLES;

Now tie them to your own research. How do these items relate/connect to your Thesis Statement?

How do these items further your research [writing];

Conclusion: more a transition to methodology;

Literature Review: what do you do?

You have an alphabetical list of 10 items (Ass 2);

You have ten ‘paragraphs’, for each item (Ass 2);

Take ten items (the paragraphs not the list part)

‘Group’ them into groups; put what goes together, together; ideally maybe 3 (three) groups;

1:9 [not advised]; 4:3:3; 6:2:2; 1:2:3:5; 4:3:2:1;

You are now going to write an approximately 500 word ‘essay’ on your source materials/items;

(1) very brief ‘Intro’; (2) ‘group paragraphs’; (3) residual ‘conclusion’ [transition to ‘Methodology’];

Mid-term Examination

On Wednesday 10th March, 2021; in class-hour;

It consists of 50 multiple-choice questions;

Read the question; make sure you understand it;

Beware negatives! Ask if you don’t know a word;

Each has 4 responses; chose the correct answer;

I do not set ‘trick’ questions;

A bizarre/off the wall answer is one of the ‘fakes’;