SOPHISTICATED REPORT / LITERATURE REVIEW
-Introductions focus, prepare, and map.
-Definition and explanation of technique or concept: In your own words, define briefly a writing technique or concept.
-Brief summary of academic discussion: Provide an efficient overview of two perspectives on the technique or concept.
-Identify agreement or disagreement: In one or two sentences, focus readers on how the sources see the technique or concept similarly or differently.
-Body paragraphs develop and support.
Specifically describe and explain sources’ perspectives: Briefly SOPHISTICATED REPORT / LITERATURE REVIEW
-Summarize with reference to specific quotations the argument or idea of each source, highlighting connections and disconnections to aid in transition.
-Conclusions reinforce importance, predict, and broaden.
-Explanation of relevance: What is important about this debate or discussion, according to your point of view? Why is it important that various perspectives agree or disagree about this technique or concept?
-Prediction: According to your point of view, what is the near or distant future regarding this technique or concept?
-Explanation of Larger Context: How can you connect this essay’s focus to a larger issue in writing, specifically academic writing, thinking, or debating?
