Annotated Bibliography

ENGV 306 Annotated Bibliography Grading Rubric

Expression

Mechanics

Superior Strong Competent Weak Unacceptable

Source selection and formatting

Research may include more than six sources, and/or more than one scholarly source.

All sources (minimum of six) are highly credible and relevant and least one is scholarly. The selection of sources indicates the writer engaged in a particularly impartial and thorough research process.

Citations (bibliographic entries) are correct and properly formatted.

All six sources are credible and relevant, and include at least one scholarly source. The selection of sources indicates the writer engaged in an impartial and thorough research process.

The citations may contain minor or minimal errors.

All six sources are credible and relevant, and include at least one scholarly source. The selection of sources indicates the writer’s research process could have been more thorough.

Citations contain occasional errors.

The bibliography does not list at least six sources or some sources are of questionable credibility and relevance. The bibliography does not include a scholarly source. The selection of sources indicates the writer’s research process was incomplete and/or shallow.

Citations contain several errors.

The bibliography does not list at least six sources and several sources are of questionable credibility and relevance. The bibliography does not include a scholarly source. The selection of sources indicates the writer’s research process was cursory.

Citations contain several errors.

Annotation

In each annotation, the writer thoroughly and skillfully summarizes and analyzes the source and states how the source is relevant to their project and/or how they intend to use it in their essay.

Sentence structures are clear and varied.

In each annotation, the writer thoroughly and clearly summarizes and analyzes the source and states how the source is relevant to their project and/or how they intend to use it in their essay.

Sentence structures are clear.

Some of the annotations are brief and/or do not adequately summarize and analyze the source and state how the source is relevant and/or how it will be used in the essay.

Some sentence structures are repetitive and/or simplistic.

Several of the annotations are brief and/or do not adequately summarize and analyze the source and/or state how the source is relevant and how it will be used in the essay.

Several sentence structures are repetitive and/or simplistic.

Annotations are overly brief or incomplete.

Most of the sentence structures are repetitive and/or simplistic.