Read this book.
“CATHERINE THE GREAT by ISABEL de MADARIGA”

HOW LONG SHOULD IT BE?

FOUR TO FIVE PAGES. FIVE PAGES IS MAX,

WHAT SHOULD IT SAY?

IT SHOULD TELL ME WHAT YOU THOUGHT OF THE BOOK…
YOU ARE JUDGE AND JURY.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?

I’M LOOKING FOR YOUR VERDICT ON THE BOOK YOU READ.
WHAT WAS ITS CENTRAL ARGUMENT(S)?
DID YOU FIND IT/THEM CONVINCING?
WHAT WERE THE BOOK’S STRENGHTS? ITS WEAKNESSES?
HOW ABOUT THE STYLE OF WRITING?
WHAT ABOUT THE BOOK STICKS IN YOUR MIND?

ARE THERE PLACES TO LOOK FOR EXAMPLES OF HOW A REVIEW SHOULD BE WRITTEN?

YOU BET. THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW. OR THE WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD.
OR ANY MAGAZINE IN WHICH REVIEWS OF BOOKS APPEAR. OR BETTER STILL ON JSTOR

Why write papers?
Writing forces you to organize your own thinking and develop your own point of view. It helps you to get to grips with new ideas and experiences. Without it it’s hard to know how much you have understood about a topic. Communicating ideas and information is a life skill for almost any career choice. Whatever the specific class assignment, papers give you chance to practice and hone your skills as well as giving an opportunity for feedback on the instructor’s assessment of how much you’ve understood of class content.

Written versus spoken
There is a difference between written and oral communication. In writing you have to choose words carefully, making the meaning crystal clear because you will not be beside the reader to explain any difficult or obscure points. It’s important to have a sequence of logical steps so that your reader can follow your argument. Emphasis has to be signaled through vocabulary, sentence rhythm or punctuation. And because the reader can read at his own pace writing can be much more concise than speech.

Understanding the question
Look at the precise wording of the question in order to decide exactly what you are being asked to do. Consider the assumptions behind the question and the implications that arise from it. Does the question call for a general discussion or for specific reference to certain aspects?

Scope of the question
How many parts are there to the question? What weight should you give to each? Keep in mind the limits to the topic. You must be rigorously selective in your approach to collecting material. If you are uncertain about the meaning and/or scope of the question talk to the Instructor and fellow students.

Preparation:

Purposeful reading
You’ll need to focus your reading and in order to do that you should devise a set of questions before starting reading. So think about the paper/essay topic and jot down some questions which you need answers to. As you read more specific questions will come up-and you should take these on board.

Start early
The sooner the better! This way you’ll avoid last minute panic and allow time for revising your first draft. Starting early helps you to tune in to useful ideas that come up in reading or in class. Plus your subconscious has time to get to work for you.

A variety of sources
Main source of ideas and information will be assigned reading and lectures but other sources may be relevant: newspapers, journals, radio, television, internet

Keep a note-book and record sources
Note ideas, quotes, and examples as they crop up in reading. Don’t forget to write down title, author and page – you’ll need them for sourcing direct quotations in the text of the paper and for a short bibliography at the end. Don’t plagiarize! You must source all direct quotations; otherwise you face severe grade penalties!

Making an outline
Outlining is absolutely essential. You might find it useful to do two. Outline I need be only a few headings and questions as a focus for reading. Outline II should be a basic structure, setting out main points for the introduction, different sections and conclusion

Basic Framework
Papers have three parts: Introduction, development, and conclusion

Introduction (7-8% of total length): explain what you understand by the title. Definitions may be helpful here. Next say what aspects of the topic you propose to talk about and why. Then profile briefly the steps in your argument-giving reader a clear idea of what you are going to say.
Development: engages with each of the main points signposted in the intro, marshalling the evidence, and reinforcing it with examples, quotations and illustrations. Conclusion (12-15% of total length): summarize your main ideas, giving an answer to the question posed. Good conclusion will not close off on specific aspect of paper but will suggest wider implications and perhaps other issues that need to be addressed. This is a good point at which to express your own views-provided they follow from the argument and evidence presented in the body of the paper.

Style
Keep it simple and straightforward, shunning jargon and obscure phraseology. Avoid slang and abbreviations. Stick to short sentences-varying length occasionally. Make sure you transition smoothly between sections and paragraphs, giving reader plenty of verbal signposts.

Review
Give yourself ample time to re-read what your draft. Get a friend to listen (or tape yourself) while you read aloud. In this way you’ll quickly pick up on faulty syntax, clumsy sentence structure and muddled presentation of ideas.
Checklist: have you focused sharply enough on the specific question? Have you covered all salient aspects and material? Is your argument consistent and persuasive (sufficient evidence, examples, illustrations?)? Lastly, run a final grammar and spelling check

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