For this assignment you will read about annotated bibliographies and watch a short video on them. Then, you'll create annotated bibliography entries for the three sources you found so far that aremost usefultoward your Researched Argument essay and ideas. This document has a fairly straightforward format, but it can be time consuming (and brain-power consuming!). Please plan for this assignment to take around an hour to an hour and a half. All together your assignment should be roughly300 polished wordsin length.
Sure thing, professor! So what's an annotated bibliography?
An annotated bibliography is, like the research proposal, a standard in conducting research and writing academic papers.It works to make you think critically about your project and source materials or research.(And the practice summarizing helps us avoid plagiarism.)
The annotated bibliography contains two parts:
- A bibliographic citation, like we use for a Works Cited page
- And a briefannotation, or summary of ideas in the source
Check out the video, then details and example after the video, for more information.
Guidelines: Part One
- Make sure your sources in alphabetical order.
- Provide complete information for your source. Go toExcelsior OWLorCitation Machinefor guidelines on this. You might also remember that many of the sources you find in the library databases will have a citation for you to copy! Generally, you will need: the author, the title of the article, the publisher, the date of publication, and page numbers (if any) Or,who wrote it, what it’s called, where it can be found, and when it was written.
Guidelines: Part Two -For each source:
- Under your citation, summarize the main point of the article/text in one-two paragraphs.
- Consider, in writing, how useful this source is to you. Why was it more useful than the others you might have found? What ideas does it contribute to your Context Analysis? That is, why are you referencing this source?
Exampleof an Annotated Bibliography entry:
Lamott, Anne.Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. New York, Anchor Books, 1995.
Lamott's book offers honest advice on the nature of a writing life, complete with its insecurities and failures. Taking a humorous approach to the realities of being a writer, the chapters in Lamott's book are wry and anecdotal and offer advice on everything from plot development to jealousy, from perfectionism to struggling with one's own internal critic. In the process, Lamott includes writing exercises designed to be both productive and fun.
Lamott offers sane advice for those struggling with the anxieties of writing, but her main project seems to be offering the reader a reality check regarding writing, publishing, and struggling with one's own imperfect humanity in the process. Rather than a practical handbook to producing and/or publishing, this text is indispensable because of its honest perspective, down-to-earth humor, and encouraging approach.
Once you finished creating your annotated bibliography, upload it here!
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