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Planning An Essay
Outlines requirements of a literature review and essay planning.
Date : 06/02/2022
Literature
Review The purpose of a literature review is to:
Place each work in the context of its contribution to understanding the research problem being studied.
Describe the relationship of each work to the others under consideration.
Identify new ways to interpret prior research.
Reveal any gaps that exist in the literature.
Resolve conflicts amongst seemingly contradictory previous studies.
Identify areas of prior scholarship to prevent duplication of effort.
Point the way in fulfilling a need for additional research.
Locate your own research within the context of existing literature [very
important]. Planning an essay your best answer to the question IntroductionMicrocosm of the essay as a whole it must Give your answer to the question or implied question raised by the topic a statement of your case Give the reasons for your answer, or an indication of the criteria according to which your judgement has been made the lines on which the main body of the argument is to be conducted. Convey the confidence which you place in the answer The MiddleExpands the case set out in the introduction careful working out of arguments and the balancing of interpretations Extending your answer by asking what more needs to be examined to establish a point, what exceptions there might be, and whether there are alternative accounts that need treating Elaborating a point by clarifying its meaning or significance, substantiating a generalisation with evidence, or illustrating it with concrete examples Enhancing the value of what you have said by restricting the range of situations to which it usefully or truthfully applies Must be comprehensive Keep asking What more do I need to examine this point? What exceptions might there be to what I have said? What reasonable alternatives are there to my account? The Ending Recapitulating the main outlines of your argument Changing the mood of your writing from the vigorous argument of the introduction and middle to one of a more modest suggesting Reflecting on what you think your treatment of the topic has achieved and what implications might flow from your treatment.
Place each work in the context of its contribution to understanding the research problem being studied.
Describe the relationship of each work to the others under consideration.
Identify new ways to interpret prior research.
Reveal any gaps that exist in the literature.
Resolve conflicts amongst seemingly contradictory previous studies.
Identify areas of prior scholarship to prevent duplication of effort.
Point the way in fulfilling a need for additional research.
Locate your own research within the context of existing literature [very
important]. Planning an essay your best answer to the question IntroductionMicrocosm of the essay as a whole it must Give your answer to the question or implied question raised by the topic a statement of your case Give the reasons for your answer, or an indication of the criteria according to which your judgement has been made the lines on which the main body of the argument is to be conducted. Convey the confidence which you place in the answer The MiddleExpands the case set out in the introduction careful working out of arguments and the balancing of interpretations Extending your answer by asking what more needs to be examined to establish a point, what exceptions there might be, and whether there are alternative accounts that need treating Elaborating a point by clarifying its meaning or significance, substantiating a generalisation with evidence, or illustrating it with concrete examples Enhancing the value of what you have said by restricting the range of situations to which it usefully or truthfully applies Must be comprehensive Keep asking What more do I need to examine this point? What exceptions might there be to what I have said? What reasonable alternatives are there to my account? The Ending Recapitulating the main outlines of your argument Changing the mood of your writing from the vigorous argument of the introduction and middle to one of a more modest suggesting Reflecting on what you think your treatment of the topic has achieved and what implications might flow from your treatment.
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