Use the three sources provided to essentially survey, synthesize, and evaluate the body of research on the particular research question: How does lack of sleep affect the number and intensity of deja vu experiences or the sensation of familiarity with current situations in adults?
Evaluation Criteria
Introduction/Context : The introduction is engaging and sets the appropriate voice/tone. It establishes the research topic/question/issue/problem, sets the context, and gives adequate background information.
Conclusion/Reflection: The conclusion/reflection summarizes and provides an overall evaluation of the current state of expert knowledge (or scholarship) on your research topic/question, and it recommends avenues for future research to fill in any information gaps.
Organization and Line of Reasoning: Essay moves in a logical order and is organized under common trends/themes/subtopics/etc. Effective transitions highlight the connection between paragraphs and ideas. Paragraphs are broken up properly.
Voice/Tone
The voice/tone is formal, consistent, and objective in the summarizing of the main ideas and conclusions of the texts reviewed.
Synthesis: Essay talks about sources in conjunction to one another. Clearly explains connections, trends, themes, conflicts, etc. among sources. Recommends future avenues of research to fill in knowledge gaps or explore new applications of the topic.
Formal Elements: Essay successfully integrates quotations from sources (with effective signal phrases) using MLA formatting/style. Essay is free of grammatical and proofreading errors. Essay meets the word count minimum. Essay includes a properly formatted “Works Cited” page.