Annotated Bibliography

UNIT #1 Annotated Bibliography Instructions

You will create an annotated bibliography of no less than five academic sources on a research topic that raises an ethical problem. An annotated bibliography begins by citing the source’s publication information. In this assignment, you will use MLA formatting to accomplish this task.

THE FIRST THING I SHOULD SEE AFTER YOUR HEADING IS YOUR APPROVED THESIS FOR YOUR ESSAY

THEN, FOR EACH RESOURCE- Once you have documented the source’s publication information in MLA format (It should look like a Works Cited entry), you will describe, in approximately 300 words, its purpose, audience, arrangement, evidence, implications, and word choice. You will also discuss how each resource relates to another resource. Ultimately, the goal of this assignment is to help you understand the basic steps of academic research.

In This Unit, We Assume…

• The description of a writer’s argument (focusing specifically on purpose, audience, arrangement, evidence, implications, and word choice) can function as a close reading strategy that facilitates your growth as as a writer.
• The description of a writer’s argument (focusing specifically on purpose, audience, arrangement, evidence, implications, and word choice) can help you name and collect strategies for your writing process.
• Critiquing or drawing implications from an argument first requires a comprehensive description of its claims.
• Completing annotated descriptions of existing research is a fundamental building block for writing academic research essays.

In This Unit, We Try to…

• Help you accumulate strategies for your writing process by describing the argumentative strategies of other writers.
• Help you describe the intimate relationship between a writer’s purpose and audience(s).
• Help you describe the intimate relationship between an argument’s claims and cited evidence.
• Help you describe how writers arrange their arguments to be more persuasive to audiences.
• Help you describe the intimate relationship between an argument’s evidence and the implications audiences are expected to draw from it.
• Help you describe argumentative patterns by focusing on word choice.
• Help you develop strategies for composing academic research essays.

In This Unit, We Ask You to Consider…

• What is the writer’s purpose?
• Who is the writer’s audience?
• How has the writer arranged his or her essay? What claims get prioritized over others? When does a writer deliver a particular type of evidence?
• What evidence does the writer use to support his or her argument? How is that evidence selected on the basis of his or her audience and purpose?
• What are the stated implications of the writer’s argument? How are those implications connected to his or her audience and purpose?
• What are some of the repeated words or phrases that the writer uses to make his or her argument?

Key Requirements

• 12-point, Times New Roman
• Minimum four cited essays
• Minimum one podcast
• Minimum 1500 words
• Use MLA formatting

 

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