1. Define the topic, including why you chose it, how it relates to you personally and/or professionally, and how you narrowed it as you carried out the research. Be sure to state your topic as a question.
2. Discuss why you chose the particular articles you did, including any theoretical or methodological similarities and differences among them.
3. Discuss what you learned and how you learned it through the readings you chose to include in your research paper. Focus on the most interesting, surprising, or important findings of your research. Be sure to explore the relationship between the findings and your research question.
4. Discuss any remaining issues or questions, ones that you would like to continue studying.