Your literature review should be in MLA format, 4-5 pages in length, double-spaced, Times New Roman. You should use 10-15 sources. Since this is an essay that contains research, you must pay close attention to in-text citations and how you are using the sources in your essay. Be careful at looking at samples because many are in APA. Yours will be in MLA.
Like any expository essay, a literature review should have an introduction, body, and conclusion. In addition, you will include an abstract.
The introduction should provide background information setting the context of your research. The body paragraphs contain your summative, comparative, and evaluative comments on the sources you’ve found. These comments may pertain to historical background & early research findings recent developments areas of controversy among experts areas of agreement dominant views or leading authorities varying approaches to or perspectives on the subject qualitative comparisons and evaluations etc.
The conclusion summarizes major issues in the literature; it also establishes where your own research fits in and what directions you see for future research.