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Exploring Online Community Among Rural Medical Education Students: A Case Study by Ryan Tyler Palmer
Continue to analyze the literature review you selected for the Discussion 2: Genre Analysis assignment.
Develop a thesis statement that addresses these two considerations:
What distinguishes academic writing from other types of writing (e.g., workplace, social networking, etc.), and
What distinguishes the literature review from other genres of academic writing in terms of its conventions, purpose, reasoning, and style?
Develop an essay that considers the following question sets (note that you can use your discussion assignment as a starting point for completing this assignment):
Reasoning
What is the central line of reasoning of the literature review you have selected?
What distinguishes this line of reasoning from other types of writing you have experience with (e.g. research papers, workplace writing, etc.)?
How would you evaluate the quality of this literature review's line of reasoning in relation to other reviews we have read as a class? Is its central claim supported by clear, well-evidenced reasons, or are there shortcomings?
Genre Competency
How would you describe the form and structure of the literature review?
At the broadest level, what are the review's key components, and what purposes do these components serve?
At a more narrow level, how are paragraphs structured, and how does this structure realize the goals of the literature review?
How would you evaluate this literature review in terms the way in which it does or does not realize the typical conventions of the genre?
Reader Engagement
What aspects of the text demonstrate that the writer has (or has not) written the review with the reader's expectations and values in mind?
How would you evaluate the review's engagement of the reader in comparison with other reviews we have read as a class?
Style
In general, how would you describe the voice and tone of the literature review?
In particular, how would you describe any of the following aspects of the review's syntax and mechanics: first person language, sentence length, diction, and passive voice?
Address each question set over the course of the paper. However, you are not expected to discuss each particular question in equal detail. Instead, you should center your line of reasoning on the questions most relevant to your analysis.