Look at this diagram:

Use the diagram and outline:

1. Your broad purpose in doing your research
2. The kind of question and key language needed to answer it – What’s the situation? What’s going on here? What happens when? What relates to what?
3. The focus of your literature review – areas of study, specific terminology, general conclusions from the literature and areas for further exploration
4. Whether you are likely to be using words or numbers to answer your question