1. A successful literature review:

A  Synthesizes material from several sources on the same question/research topic.

B  Assesses the state of existing knowledge on a topic by comparing studies in terms of assumptions about         the research question, experimental method, data analysis, any conclusions drawn, and to raise questions         for further research.

C  Both A and B. 

2. To enable you to begin your review you need to have considered all of the following questions except which one?

A  Do you have relevant sources?

B  Are your sources from scholarly academic journals or books?

C  Can you offer justification for using popular sources?

D  Do you have enough paper to print your final project?

3. The introduction to your literature review should:

A  Engage the reader in your topic

B  State the issue (research question)

C  Progressively narrow topic to specific lines of research

D  State the thesis that expresses your assessment of the state of knowledge on the issue

E  All of the above 

4. The body should:

A  Describe and evaluate each study/source

B  Contain meaningful headings/sub-headings that organize the paper

C  Contain paragraphs that compare/contrast important factors

D   All of the above

5. The conclusion should:

A  Evaluate and summarize what researchers have shown

B  Show strengths and weaknesses

C  Provide questions for further study

D  All of the above.