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book review - Coggle Diagram

- - - - 1). Thematic
        
        If you are tasked with relating a book to course themes, use these themes to structure your review.
        You can devote each section of the body to one theme.
        Use topic sentences and transitions to show your reader when you are moving from one theme to the next.
        This structure can help you discuss the author’s engagement with a set of issues.
      - 2). Chronological
        
        The structure of your review can mirror the structure of the book itself.
        You can discuss topics in the same order as the author, providing an evaluation that moves from chapter to chapter or section to section.
        This structure can help you emphasize the thoroughness of your review.
      - 3). Evaluative
        
        Many published academic reviews begin by highlighting the strengths of the book under discussion and then move toward a critique of the weaknesses.
        This structure can help you assert your own critical voice as a scholar.
    - - 1). Summarize the major points of the author’s argument
      - 2). Discuss the author’s engagement with larger themes
      - 3). Identify key strengths and weaknesses
      - 4). Evaluate the author’s contribution to the field
      - 5). Support your claims with evidence from the text
      - 6). Suggest how the book extends, complicates, or overturns arguments from other sources
  - - - What have you learned from reviewing the book?
      - What is your overall assessment of the book’s importance?
      - Who might benefit most from reading it?
      - How can future researchers build on this book?
      - Does the book make space for new kinds of research within its field?
    - - provide your final thoughts instead of summarizing the book or restating your thesis
      - address the book’s overall significance
      - Try using signal words like ‘ultimately’ or ‘overall’ instead of ‘in conclusion’