Directions
Helpful Hints
Assignment
Requirements
Maximum Score and
Due Date
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Objectives
In successfully
completing this assignment, you will be able to:
- Determine
the purpose of a work and the essential elements that accomplish
that purpose
- Succintly
communicate these elements in manner that captures the original
purpose without simply listing the facts or copying the source word
for word
- Have
at least 8 viable sources for your research paper
- Determine
and communicate the uses of those sources towards proving the argument
of your research paper
Directions
- Find
a research topic and make sure I have cleared it.
- Use
the means we have discussed in class to find ACADEMIC sources that
pertain to your topic. These articles or books should be no more
than 10 years old.
- Determine
whether or not each source will be useful towards proving your argument.
This is VERY important because you must explain how you are going
to use it in your annotation.
- Choose 8 essays/articles/books that you plan to use in your research
paper. (This can be subject to change)
- Summarize the main points in the article. The summary should be
in your own words, not lifted from the page of your article or essay.
Be sure to keep copies of ALL the articles you use for this, so
that you do not have to find them again for your paper. However,
you do not have to turn in photocopies THIS ONE TIME.
- Explain how and why the article will help your argument. Sources
that are irrelevant to your argument will NOT be counted.
- Give the MLA information on the correct format.
Helpful
Hints:
- Read
over every essay at least once before choosing. Then settle on one
to summarize. Always make clear in the summary the author and title
of the essay you are summarizing right off the bat
- Identify
the OVERALL purpose of the essay first. Is it telling a story? Making
an argument? Expressing facts? Or something else entirely? What
conclusions does the author draw, if any?
- Identify
the main ideas and points that the author uses to accomplish that
purpose. For instance, how did he/she draw his conclusions if he/she
made any? Note how the essay is organized. Often the author's use
of paragraphing will help you to determine the emphasis he/she places
on certain aspects. You need to emphasize those same points in your
summary.
- Do
NOT simply put the author's words or "paraphrase" sentence
by sentence. You are trying to convey his/her OVERALL meaning and
express the gist of his/her argument IN YOUR OWN WORDS. Check your
summary against the original and make sure you have not copied the
author's wording in any way. If you feel that it is important that
you use the author's wording for a phrase or two, you MUST indicate
these exact words by putting them in quotation marks. You may not
directly quote more than a couple short phrases, and only when absolutely
necessary.
- Do
not just list the author's points.
- Don't
get bogged down in specific details. We want the big picture. That's
why the word limit is so small.
- Determine
how you're going to use it BEFORE you start making a formal annotation
for it. Do NOT just grab the first eight you come across.
- The
explanation of how you use it does not have to be elaborate, but
it has to be specific enough so that the relevance of your source
is clear.
Assignment
Requirements
How
well you meet these requirements determines your grade. The annotated
bibliography must:
- Have 8 separate academic sources and bibliography entries
- Have each entry be 300-600 words in length
- Have all the MLA information, in the correct format for Annotated
Bibliographies
- Make
clear the overall purpose for the work
- Make
clear the main ideas and points the author uses to accomplish and
convey the purpose of that work
- Use your own words, and not the author's
- Weed out extra details and concentrate on what is necessary to
convey the overall idea
- Explain relevance of source to topic SPECIFICALLY and how it helps
prove your point.
- Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc. and avoid careless
errors
Maximum
Score: 160 pts.
Due
Date: Monday, April 7
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