Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography

Prepare: To help with the preparation  of your annotated bibliography, review the following tutorials and  resources from the Ashford Writing Center:

• Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. 
• Annotated Bibliography Tutorial (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
• Annotated Bibliography (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. 
• Evaluating Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. 

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 and address the following prompts:

• Introductory paragraph to topic (refer to the Final Paper guidelines for your topic selection). 
  • Write an introductory paragraph with at least 150 words that clearly  explains the topic, the importance of further research, and ethical  implications.
• Thesis statement. 
  • 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. 
  • Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources you have read.
  • Summarize in your own words how the source contributes to the solution of the global societal issue for each annotation.
  • 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.
  • Include no less than five scholarly sources in the annotated  bibliography that will be used to support the major points of the Final  Paper.
  • 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 and  references pages) and formatted according to APA style, as outlined in  the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. 
• Must include a separate title page with the following: 
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your  introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that  indicates the purpose of your paper. 
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.
• Must use at least five scholarly sources. 
  • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)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.)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 Ashford Writing Center’s In-Text Citation Guide (Links to an external site.)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.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

This is the week one work

My research topic choice for this assignment would be global climatic change.  The main driving force that have made be settle for global climate  change as the research topic is the sensitivity of the topic. It is  actually true that the global climate is changing and there has been the  emergence of global warming which have even threatened human life. What  is quite astonishing is the fact that the primary causes of global  warming are human activities. I believe this is equally a strong topic  as it addresses broad spectrum of issues.

Identification of scholarly sources for research requires  consideration of several feature that include, sources well written by  scholars and researcher, the language used in authoring equally need to  be descent in relation to the discipline being addressed. The other way  of identifying scholarly source is examining if it has been peer  reviewed or researched. (Ashford University, 2018)  In providing a  summary of two scholarly sources to support my research topic, my first  choice would be The economics of global warming authored by  William cline. This source examines the costs and benefits of an  aggressive program of global action to limit the greenhouse effect  revolving around warming of the earth due to accumulation of carbon  dioxide. (Cline, 1992)

My second scholarly source choice is titled Greenhouse-gas emission targets for limiting global warming to 2 C  authored by Meinshausena and five more authors. This source probes the  relationship of the greenhouse emissions in relation to limiting global  warming. (Meinshausen, et al, 2009) I’m of the opinion that the two  sources would be critical in my research topic as they have information  that is directly related to global warming. A soft PDF copy of one of  the peer reviewed article has further been attached.

References

Ashford university (2018). Developing a topic. Retrieved from http: //writingcenter .ash ford . edu/developing-topic

Cline, W. R. (1992). The economics of global warming. Institute for International Economics.

Meinshausen, M., Meinshausen, N., Hare, W., Raper, S. C., Frieler,  K., Knutti, R., ... & Allen, M. R. (2009). Greenhouse-gas emission  targets for limiting global warming to 2 C. Nature, 458(7242), 1158.