RW

• Book interview - it is a thorough and critical analysis of the quality, content, way of delivery/presentation, and significance of a book.
• Article critique - it involves carefully analyzing and evaluating a written work.
• Steps in writing:

  1. Summarize first the content of the book;
  2. Interpret the ideas that you will have to argue about;
  3. State the relevance of the book to its subject area;
  4. Purpose, your main purpose is to argue for or against the ideas presented by the writer
• Unique features of the text - article critique or a book review intends to provide a critical evaluation of a topic.
• in writing summary…

  • include pertinent details, such as title and author of the book or an article.
  • state your general evaluation of the book or article as the main idea.
  • support your main idea by specific points that you want to make.
• Purpose and Audience - the purpose of a book review or an article critique is to persuade target readers. - the review or critique tells how useful and credible a book or an article is.
• Pattern of development

  Purpose : to persuade

  pattern of development : pattern of persuasion
• writing to persuade….

  • state first a general argument as your main idea;
  • support that main idea with specific points;
  • back up your specific points with relevant details (quotations from the piece or notes from other sources).
• Prewriting - draft with lead in and thesis statements in the introduction, topic sentences for each paragraph in the body, and review of points and conclusion. - organize your ideas by completing the outline.
• Revising - check if there are any errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc.; read it aloud to see if it flows well; ask someone else to read it and give suggestions on how to improve it.
• Literature Review

  • it is an evaluative report of previous studies related to the subject matter of an academic paper.
  • it describes, summarizes, and evaluates studies in connection to the topic in the paper
  • it gives theoretical basis for a research paper.
• Editing - correct all mistakes found during revision; proofread again to ensure accuracy.
• Revise and Edit - have it peer-edited, check for spelling, punctuations, format, and grammatical errors.
• Why learn literature review?

  • it shows how much you have researched about the topic.
  • it provides credibility to the research.
  • a credible research contains factual information from related studies published by experts in the field.
  • it is a proof how much a research has read and understand about their topic.
• Unique features of the text - the content of the literature review is pieces of information about a particular topic from previous studies.
• organization…

  • Thematical arrangement means it

  is organized according to topic or

  points made.

  • Chronological arrangement

  means it is organized based on the

  date the studies were published.
• Purpose and Audience

  • your intended audience are the readers or the researchers who wants to find out more about the topic of your study.
  • purpose : to inform
• Pattern of development - you may use different pattern of development in writing a literature review