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The Literature Review

Purpose

analyze rhetorical situations–audience, purpose, and context–in order to recognize the expectations of readers and understand the main purposes of composing across multiple contexts relevant to your field of study.
understand the conventions of academic and non-academic genres, to include usage, specialized vocabulary, format, and attribution/citation systems.
apply critical reading strategies that are appropriate to advanced academic and non-academic texts of relevance to your field of study.
identify and synthesize multiple perspectives in articulating and refining a research question relevant to your field of study.
engage in a recursive process of inventing, investigating, shaping, drafting, revising, and editing to produce a range of academic and non-academic texts of relevance to your field of study.
Task

Write a review of the literature on your topic. Your literature review must:
Reference at least 8 high-quality sources, 4 of which must be scholarly works (many of these sources will come from your annotated bibliography, but some will be new and others you may find are not longer relevant)
Demonstrate your ability to synthesize and critique these sources.
Demonstrate your ability to draw conclusions about the state of research on your topic and next steps for that field based on your sources.
Include a references page in the style appropriate to your field (APA) – for my benefit, please indicate in the title of your references page what style you are using, eg. APA References Page, MLA Works Cited, etc.
Note: you do not need to include annotations for your sources in your final references page.
Criteria
The literature review counts for 25% of your final grade.

Please review the rubric below and the examples provided in Blackboard. You are required to participate in a peer review of your draft.

[There is intentionally no specific page requirement, however most successful lit reviews at this level are in the range of 6-8 pages.]

Rubric:

Category What excellence looks like Value
Synthesis Balanced/fair representation of viewpoints
Includes commentary on sources
Logical connections/relationship between sources
Addresses research question
Thoroughly researched (no obvious gaps) 30%
Organization Excellent intro that identifies the purpose/goal, outlines the subtopics to be covered, establishes the importance of the topic, and defines key terms as necessary
Body paragraphs are ordered and demonstrate clear logic.
Transitions between ideas clearly identify their relationship. Paragraphs themselves are unified.
The body clearly and adequately addresses the research question.
Conclusion makes suggestions for future policy or research. 30%
Use of sources/research  At least 8 sources cited, at least 4 of which are scholarly.
Sources are of high quality.
Sources are well integrated into the text.
Sources are cited accurately
References page is formatted correctly. 20%
Grammar/Mechanics Paper is well edited.
There are few sentence-level errors.
The language is clear and concise and avoids rambling.
Tone and language are appropriate to the genre and audience. 20%