Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography

Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography

Prepare: Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the Introductions & Conclusions

(Links to an external site.) and Annotated Bibliography (Links to an external site.) web pages,

and Evaluating Sources (Links to an external site.) and Annotated Bibliography (Links to an

external site.) tutorials.

Reflect: Reflect back on the Week 1 discussion in which you shared with the class the global

societal issue that you would like to further address. Explore critical insights that were shared

by your peers and/or your instructor on the topic chosen and begin your search for scholarly

sources with those insights in mind.

Write: For this assignment, review the Annotated Bibliography Formatting Guidelines

Download Annotated Bibliography Formatting Guidelinesand address the following prompts:

• Introductory paragraph to topic (refer to the Final Paper guidelines for your topic

selection).

o Write an introductory paragraph with at least 150 words that clearly explains the

topic, the importance of further research, and ethical implications.

• Thesis statement.

o Write a direct and concise thesis statement, which will become the solution to

the problem that you will argue or prove in the Week 5 Final Paper. (A thesis

statement should be a concise, declarative statement. The thesis statement

must appear at the end of the introductory paragraph.)

• Annotated bibliography.

o Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources you

have read.

o Summarize in your own words how the source contributes to the solution of the

global societal issue for each annotation.

o Address fully the purpose, content, evidence, and relation to other sources you

found on this topic (your annotation should be one to two paragraphs long—150

words or more.

o Include no less than five scholarly sources in the annotated bibliography that will

be used to support the major points of the Final Paper.

o Demonstrate critical thinking skills by accurately interpreting evidence used to

support various positions of the topic.

The Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography

• Must be 1,000 to 1,250 words in length (not including title page) and formatted

according to APA style, as outlined in the University of Arizona Global Campus Writing

Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource.

• Must include a separate title page with the following:

o Title of paper

o Student’s name

o Course name and number

o Instructor’s name

o Date submitted

• For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting

for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).

• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource

for additional guidance.

• Must use at least five scholarly sources.

o The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external

site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have

questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment,

contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the

appropriateness of a specific source for an assignment. The Integrating Research

(Links to an external site.) tutorial will offer further assistance with including

supporting information and reasoning.

• Must document in APA style any information used from sources, as outlined in the

University of Arizona Global Campus Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper. (Links to

an external site.)

• Must have no more than 15% quoted material in the body of your essay based on the

Turnitin report. References list will be excluded from the Turnitin originality score.