Topic: 1. Should high school students be allowed in college classrooms?

ANNOTATED REFERENCES (or ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY)

This assignment asks you to synthesize and reflect critically on the ten sources you plan to use for your final persuasive speech. Summarize each source and tell how you will use the source for your speech.

Each annotation should be at least 75 words, double spaced, using Microsoft Word. Be sure to include your name, date, and course on your paper.

The Annotation

The annotation is a brief paragraph following the citation. See the two examples provided below. Create the citation using APA documentation style. Include the following in your annotation:

· condense the content of the source (write a brief summary of the information)

· evaluate the credibility of the source (analyze for authority, accuracy, currency, objectivity)

· assess the usefulness or relevant application of the source

· identify the writer’s background (expertise or layman knowledge)

· describe your reaction and how it will contribute to your speech (credible source? value of source? analytical/emotional reaction?)

Below is an example with two annotations:

Annotated References

Flynn, N. (n.d.). Internet Policies. ePolicy Institute. ePolicy Institute.

This excerpt from Flynn’s The ePolicy Handbook offers statistics on employee Internet use and five suggestions for minimizing it. Flynn claims that the majority of employees in the United States are using company time to surf the Internet and that companies are suffering huge financial losses as a result. Her suggestions for minimizing personal Internet use include establishing a company Internet policy and installing Orlov 2 monitoring software. This is consistent with the suggestions of many other sources.

Greene, S. (1992). Mining Texts in Reading to Write. Journal of Advanced Composition, 12(1), 151-67.

This article works from the assumption that reading and writing inform each other, particularly in the matter of rhetorical constructs. Greene introduces the concept of “mining texts” for rhetorical situations when reading with a sense of authorship. Considerations for what can be mined include language, structure, and context, all of which can be useful depending upon the writer’s goals. The article provides some practical methods that compliment Doug Brent’s ideas about reading as invention.