Integrating Biodiversity within an Urban Campus

Integrating Biodiversity within an Urban Campus

In the INTRODUCTION paragraph, introduce the topic and its significance and provide sufficient background information to contextualize the literature. State the purpose of the review and your thesis clearly, summarizing the central themes or findings from the existing literature that will be supported by the discussion of sources.

In several BODY paragraphs, summarize and synthesize a discussion of at least five sources. Organize your paragraphs meaningfully by employing an appropriate organizational pattern (e.g., thematic, chronological, comparative, or methodological).

Begin each paragraph with a clear topic sentence that highlights the specific theme or idea being discussed. Use evidence from the sources to support the topic sentence.

Conclude each paragraph with a statement that summarizes the overall discussion and links back to the topic sentence or transitions to the focus of the subsequent paragraph.

Use APA in-text citations throughout your paper. Include both narrative citations, where the author's name is part of the sentence [e.g., Cheng and colleagues (2024) explain that...], and parenthetical citations, where the author's name appears in parentheses [e.g., your discussion from the source goes here followed by the parenthetical citation (Cheng et al., 2024).].

Avoid overquoting; limit direct quotes to a maximum of two, using them only when necessary. Be sure to include the page number for direct quotes [e.g., (Cheng et al., 2024, p. 15)].

In the CONCLUSION, summarize key themes and findings from the discussion of sources. Present any limitations or gaps in the existing researkovch and propose future research directions.