Q Steps 21-25: Literature Review (Multiple Draft Assignments) Directions: Review the Explanation Video Links to an external site.(2 min) * Due dates aren’t the same, but the explanation is. What is a Literature Review Links to an external site. (2 min) How to Write a Stellar Literature ReviewLinks to an external site. Explore any topic that you’d like in relation to media and identity. These past few years have been fraught with discussions of how media has made clearer, or distorted, identities (Republican, Democrat, Liberal, LGTBQ, Black, Immigrant, Rural White, Christian, Muslim, Single Moms, educated, uneducated, college-grads, non-college-grads, rich, poor, middle-class, Walmart people, protesters: the list is endless!). Think of an identity-representation that has caught your attention, maybe you have a personal connection to it, maybe you feel you’d like to interrogate it more; this is the topic that you will be working with throughout the rest of the term. Make sure you are interested in it! This assignment asks you to synthesize all of your research over the semester and present the findings (your argument) in an argument-based literature review paper; this is not the typical “gather-information-and-put-it-in-a-paper” report. It is a review of all the current, relevant research, driven by your own original argument, contemplating, challenging, and concurring with others’ standpoints while adding something new and original to the ongoing academic argument. (6-8 pages) Peer Reviews This assignment asks you to participate in each other’s writing processes by looking closely at writing and giving helpful constructive feedback. Post #1- Upload your paper Post #2- Submit a paragraph telling your classmates how you'd like criticism, include any questions or sections you'd like them to focus on while reviewing your paper Post #3- Respond to a classmate's Post #2 Review and Revision: Extra Credit Writing Tutor Visit/ Conference Directions: Review the Explanation Video (2.5 min) Links to an external site. Complete online tutoring with SLC Links to an external site.(Student Learning Center) Get a receipt for the visit, and submit the receipt via Canvas Assignment by the due date View Rubric Select Grader Copy of Writing Rubric (2) (2) (1) Copy of Writing Rubric (2) (2) (1) Criteria Ratings Pts Critical Thinking 15 pts Proficient Explanation 1- Does the author add something new to the argument, or do they repeat what was said in the quote? 9 pts Competent Thesis addresses the issue and audience, but is too broad or too narrow. Provides only general and limited explanations that barely meet the needs of an academic audience 5 pts Novice Thesis is ineffective or missing. Gaps in logical thinking are noticeable. Logical questions by a skeptical academic audience are not addressed. 1 pts Unacceptable Does not follow the assignment instructions and does not accomplish the purpose of the assignment. No evidence of critical thinking. 9 / 15 pts Organization 10 pts Proficient Method of development implied in topic sentences is clearly and consistently followed in all paragraphs. Transitions and reinforcement of the main idea add unity and coherence to the writing. 6 pts Competent Topic sentences do not express clear direction. Transitions and reinforcement of the main idea are minimal, forcing the reader to make some connections that should be made by the writer. 3 pts Novice Topic sentences are sometimes present, but most are missing or ineffective. Development is aimless, transitions mostly missing, and the main idea is not reinforced. The academic audience cannot follow the logical thread of the argument most of the time. 1 pts Unacceptable Topic sentences missing or methods of development implied by topic sentences are not followed. 10 / 10 pts Grammar 15 pts Proficient Standard grammar and punctuation are followed. Frequently uses specific, concrete words and phrases that noticeably add believability and sophistication to the writing. Formal tone is consistently used. 9 pts Competent Some repeated grammar and punctuation errors distract readers. Uses too many general words and phrases. Occasionally uses informal tone not appropriate to an academic audience. 5 pts Novice Many and varied grammar, and punctuation errors throughout the paper make the writing difficult to understand. Many filler words used that do not add content or credibility. Mostly informal tone is not appropriate to an academic audience. 1 pts Unacceptable Errors in grammar and punctuation are so frequent that the reader cannot follow the logic of most sentences. General and filler words make the writer and writing not credible to an academic audience. Writing is consistently too informal for an academic audience. 15 / 15 pts Support 10 pts Proficient Uses ample specific and concrete facts, examples, and/or narration. Introduces valid and believable outside sources, uses correct in-text citations for summaries and quotes. Bibliography, if required, is correct. 8 pts Competant Some general facts, examples, and/or narration reduce the credibility to an academic audience. Does not introduce outside sources consistently. Missing or inconsistent use of in-text documentation. Bibliography, if required, is somewhat flawed 5 pts Novice Offers little or no concrete facts. Generalities make the writing not credible or convincing to an academic audience. Includes many, significant errors with introductions to outside sources, in-text citations, summaries, and quotes. Bibliography, if required, is mangled or incomplete. 1 pts Unacceptable Evidence provided does not conform to the purpose of the paper or the assignment. Outside sources are not credible. Bibliography, if required, is missing. Blatantly plagiarized. 10 / 10 pts Total Points: 44