Outline for writing your literature review $($please write and hand in$)$:

$1.$ Introduction

The introduction is used to establish the context of your review to the reader. To establish the

context, it is important to do the following in this opening paragraph:

a$.$ Define the topic of your study and provide any background information that helps

your reader to understand the topic.

b$.$ Explain your reason $($perspective$)$ for reviewing the literature on this topic.

c$.$ State your inquiry question for this review.

$2.$ Body

This section of your paper begins with an explanation of how you have organized your

literature review and describes findings from articles that provide answers to your inquiry

question. Before you begin this section, be sure that you have sorted your articles into

different themes based on the articles' findings $($sometimes called results$).$ After you sort your

articles, it is important to give your sorted groups a descriptive name. The names of the

sorted articles will become your headings for each of the paragraphs that you write in the

body of your review. To write the body of your literature review, it is important to include

the following:

a$.$ Write an introduction paragraph for the body of your review. This

paragraph tells the reader specific information on how many articles you reviewed

and how you sorted the articles into common themes based on the findings

$($results$).$

b$.$ This will be a paragraph that describes the first theme that you identified and

compare, contrast and$/$or connect the articles you've selected.

c$.$ This will be a paragraph that describes the second theme that you identified and

compare, contrast and$/$or connect the articles you've selected.

d$.$ This will be a paragraph that describes the third theme that you identified and

compare, contrast and$/$or connect the articles you've selected.

$3.$ Conclusion

This is the last paragraph of your literature review. In this paragraph, it is important to

summarize the main findings from the articles that you reviewed and to point out the

information that you found particularly important to know that answered the inquiry question

that you established in the first paragraph of your review. Try to conclude your paper by

connecting your inquiry question back to the context of the general topic of study.

$4.$ References

This is the last page of your review. It serves as a listing of all references that you mentioned

in your paper. Please use HARVARD style when completing this list.