Literature Review Outline

I. Introduction a. Describe the overall topic that you have been investigating, why it is important to the field, and why you are interested in the topic. b. Identify themes and trends in research questions, methodology, and findings. Give a big picture of the literature.
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II. Theme

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(emember: The theme is a broad word or phrase that synthesiBes a more narrow group of related findings. 2.g., a theme of (esistance would include types of resistance, resistance to whom, resisting what, etc.