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4/5/2021 ENG101_MH_V7: Annotated Bibliography Instructions

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Annotated Bibliography Instructions You are required to submit this assignment once and it must meet the assignment prompt to be graded. You may make two attempts if you choose. This will allow you to receive qualitative feedback that can help you improve your submission. 

If you submit two attempts, your highest grade of the two attempts will be used to calculate your overall grade (so a second attempt can only help you).   After you submit your assignment once, a 2nd Attempt Turnitin assignment link (Optional) will become available. Use this 2nd Attempt link to submit your second attempt.  When resubmitting your assignment, avoid focusing solely on the grader’s draft feedback; use the feedback as a supplement to the course lessons and your own revision ideas. Always expect to revise beyond what the grader speci�cally notes. 

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Topic and Structure:

Annotated Bibliography – Review potential sources for your research paper project (you should already have your research essay topic chosen), and select two to explore further, with at least one qualifying as a periodical.

Here are some possible places to search for credible sources:

Truman State University’s Pickler Memorial Library (this source lists periodical databases only, so you may choose your periodical here): http://library.truman.edu/Free/free.asp Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/ (note that this is different from regular Google) Microsoft Academic Search: http://academic.research.microsoft.com/ Cornell University’s arXiv (open access sources in math, biology, physics, and other �elds): http://arxiv.org/ Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE): http://www.base-search.net/ Your local library 

This assignment does not follow the standard introduction, body paragraph, and conclusion format; instead, you will simply create three well-developed paragraphs per source, each with a speci�c objective, for six paragraphs total. For each of your two chosen resources, you will summarize the material, assess the source’s content, and re�ect on its value for your research paper project. Some sources are long and contain main ideas and subtopics, so be sure to focus your assignment on ideas that are relevant to your research paper topic. Learn more about summarizing, assessing, and re�ecting here.

This essay also requires a particular format in which you will summarize, assess, and re�ect on one source in full before you move to the next one. See the sample here under “Sample MLA Annotation” for format details.

Notes

Make the title of your annotated bibliography your research paper project’s topic. On the line under your title, but left-aligned on the page, include your proposed research essay’s thesis so that graders can provide some preliminary feedback.

Your submission should include: 

A title that explains the topic of your Research Paper. Your underlined thesis that you're going to argue in your Research Paper and you will support with the sources used in your Annotated Bibliography. Your �rst source in the appropriate MLA format. Please take a look at the sample to see how the MLA citation should look. Three paragraphs about your �rst source. The �rst paragraph should summarize the material from this source. Your second paragraph should assess the source’s content, and the third paragraph should re�ect on its value for your research paper project. Your second source in MLA format. Three paragraphs about your second source. The �rst paragraph should summarize the material from this source. Your second paragraph should assess the source’s content, and the third paragraph should re�ect on its value for your research paper project. A Works Cited page listing the sources used in MLA format and alphabetical order. 

 

Format Requirements:

Remember to apply the concepts you're learning in the course, including elements of grammar, punctuation, thesis development, and other skills. 

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Header: Include a header in the upper left-hand corner of your writing assignment with the following information:

Your �rst and last name  Course Title (Composition I)  Assignment name (Annotated Bibliography)  Current Date

Page Layout:

MLA style documentation (please see the tutorial in the course topic) Last name and page number in upper-right corner of each page as a header Double-spacing throughout Title, centered after heading (Title should be more creative than "Annotated Bibliography.")  Standard font (Times New Roman or Calibri) 1” margins on all sides Save the �le as .docx or .doc format

Length: This piece should be approximately 1-2 double-spaced pages or 500 words.

Underline your thesis statement in the introductory paragraph.

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