Literature Review

LIT. REVIEW – SLAVES OF THE STATE Write a Literature Review on Chapter 1 “You Aint Seen Nothing Yet” of Slaves of The State.Guide to Writing Literature ReviewsAssignment Conception:Literature Reviews gives students the opportunity to show their comprehension of assigned readings. Lit-Reviews also help students develop critical writing and reading skills. Successful lit-reviews show that students have read, comprehended the main concepts of an author’s argument and show the ability to critique and/or analyze the ideas being set forth by assigned authors. Thus, students are asked to be critical readers as well as analyzers of given arguments and concepts espoused by scholars.Directions:Lit-Reviews should consist of at least four major paragraphs. (See the creation of 5-step paragraphs below as a good guide)Paragraph 1: Introduce the scholar’s general topic and its relevance in contemporary society, academic study, or specific field. What is the author’s overarching argument? What is his/her concern? What is the Big Picture concept in the essay?Paragraph 2:What resources, studies, or evidence provided by the author?Analyze the author’s research and provide an example (quote from the reading)Why is the quote or evidence you present important? Explain?Paragraph 3:What is the author missing? What other views that could have been discussed?Is the author’s argument bias?Provide an alternative viewpoint and scholarship.Paragraph 4:What do you conclude from the author’s argument?What are some new ideas or directions that the author can follow or develop?What community or communities’ best served with this scholarship?5-step process to paragraph developmentStep 1. Decide on a controlling idea and create a topic sentenceStep 2. Explain the controlling idea Step 3. Give an example (or multiple examples)Step 4. Explain the example(s)Step 5. Complete the paragraph’s idea or transition into the next paragraph