A+ Guide to Literature Reviews

Many students find literature reviews fiendishly difficult to write. That is because the literature review -- a paper summarizing a body of published works on a given topic -- requires the writer to abandon almost everything they've learned about writing and to use a brand new tone and approach.

This booklet explains everything the writer needs to generate a successful literature review in step-by-step fashion. By focusing on tone and organization and showing the writer how to use a grid system to develop the paper, this booklet will turn a difficult project into a finished one.

Table of Contents
- How to Use This Booklet
- What Is a Literature Review?
- Step One: Understand the Assignment
- A Preliminary Word About Tone
- Step Two: Organize the Material
- Step Three: Create Topic Sentences
- Step Four: Complete the Paragraphs
- Step Five: The First Paragraph
- Step Six: Thesis and Tone
- Step Seven: The Last Paragraph
- Step Eight: The Final Check

Here's what students have said about this method:

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