LITERATURE REVIEW (500-750 words)

§  Your literature review should consist of at least 3 secondary sources that you have deemed relevant to your topic and/or proposed thesis statement. First, read them carefully, and then:

§  Write a brief paper of 2-3 pages describing the thesis or “point” of each text, how effective you believe the text is, and how it will relate to your own paper. Try to tie the articles together in some way (maybe they all come together to create a common argument, maybe there is a more specific facet of the topic they all focus on, maybe they all have similar rhetoric).  ALSO narrow it down to focus on one aspect or approach towards it – for instance, its effects on people of color, or solutions towards it, etc. 

§  Also try to avoid using the first sources that you find and use the ones that will be the most useful to your paper as a whole.

§  Cite each source at the end of the paper in MLA format (this will make your final paper easier to write!).