help with annotated wc due in 48 hours

Week 7/8: Annotatated WC 

Example (see this weeks' module 

 

The theme of your research paper  later in the semester will involve the themes in  Their Eyes are Watching God

 

 

 

You must include 2 of the outside sources that you are planning to use for research paper.  For this assignment only you may use first person in the annotation.

 

You need a minimum of 5 outside/secondary sources for both the rough and final draft. If you need to add additional sources for the final draft that is acceptable. 

Your outline will have two parts:

Traditional Work cited entry: example

Lamott, Anne.  Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. Anchor Books, 1995.

Annotation:

Each annotation should have a minimum of  five sentences. You must explain what the article is about and how it fits your thesis for your upcoming research paper.

Lamott's book gives advice on how to make time and skills to be a professional author

She discusses organization and time management. These will provide support for two of my thesis points. This source will provide additional evidence of the obstacles facing a modern writer  I plan to use some of the anecdotes from her newspaper work as well.

Research Paper Tips

Below are some helpful guidelines if you are rusty on writing research papers or just need an extra boost to get started. 1) All of the research material you could ever need is available through BPCC's library.  Start  here Links to an external site.  and try searching through the different databases.  Most of the databases also have built-in tools to help you make correct MLA citations. 

2) Structure your paper correctly!  Here are the basics: *An introduction of at least five sentences (hopefully more) that gives relevant background about the work, author, time period - whatever is useful.  The intro should end with your thesis statement.   * Body paragraphs should always begin with a topic sentence, which means a sentence that gives the paragraph's central idea like a newspaper headline does.  Do NOT begin your body paragraphs with plot points or questions. *Transitions at the ends of body paragraphs to link them to the next paragraph's idea. *A conclusion of at least five sentences to sum up all of the main ideas in the paper.

3) Every body paragraph should have a brief quotation from the novel to make your point, and then a brief quotation from an outside source to back you up.  No more, no less.  EVERY quotation should have a short phrase introducing it (the phrase often contains the writer's name and/or title of the piece).  We never just begin a sentence with a quotation. 

4) Make sure that your thesis makes some kind of firm argument about the novel's underlying meaning/message/theme.  Your thesis should not state a fact about the novel or simply say how good it is. 

5) Your paper should be organized.  I recommend writing a three-part thesis (Example: Shakespeare's Hamlet is a traditional tragedy because of its irony, use of hubris, and model of the tragic hero).  Now, I take each of those three ideas and I make it into a section of my paper.  Each section probably includes three or more paragraphs, and I put a transition at the end before moving on to the next section.  So to be clear, I'd write a multi-paragraph section about irony in Hamlet then transition, then I'd write a multi-paragraph section about hubris in Hamlet and transition, and then I'd write a multi-paragraph section about the tragic hero in Hamlet.

6) Write in as formal a tone as possible.  Use your best and most sophisticated vocabulary.  Do not use contractions, first person, abbreviations, slang, or short choppy sentences.  

7) As stated above, your paper should have a three-part thesis and thus, three sections.  Notice that you also must have at least three outside sources, so it might be a good idea to try to find one source that supports each of your three main ideas.