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Essay: Annotated Bibliography

You will write an annotated bibliography in 550 to 750 words. Your annotated bibliography must contain at least four sources from four stories from your Backpack Literature Book.

Refer to Annotated Bibliography in the A Writer’s Reference Book.

What is an annotated bibliography?

An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief descriptive and evaluative paragraph, called the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality Of the sources cited.

Elements of an annotated bibliography:

Format according to the appropriate citation style (MLA for our class)

Each source has its own annotation

Each annotation contains a summary or explanation of the work’s main points and/or purpose of the work—basically, its claims—which shows among other things that you have read and thoroughly understand the source

Each annotation also contains some rhetorical analysis or verification or critique of the argument as well as the authority or qualifications of the author—who is the author and what are her qualifications? Are they a leader in the field? A doctoral student? Is this source For example, you may note whether the author seems to have particular biases or was trying to Reach a particular audience

Each annotation also includes some sort of synthesis by commenting on the worth, effectiveness, and usefulness of the work in terms of your own research project. How does this work impact your research? How might you use it to make your own argument? Is want to make relevant connections between this work and other works on your list (compare/contrast). Is it an extension of the argument made in another, previously published piece you are using? Is it a strong counterargument to something else on your list Is it better used for background information than for helping you make your argument?

A good annotated bibliography:

Encourages you to think critically about the works of the works you are using, their place within a field of study, and their relation to your own research and ideas

Proves you have read and understand your sources

Establishes your work as a valid source and you as a competent researcher

Situates your study and topic in a continuing professional conversation

Provides a way for others to decide whether a source will be helpful to their research if they read it

Could help interested scientists determine whether they are interested in a topic by providing background information and an idea of the kind of work going on in a field

Includes concise and precise annotations

Form and Audience:

For this class, your annotated bibliography should be organized in paragraph form (one or two paragraphs per entry, roughly 200-250 words, depending). The audience is an academic one that is interested in the same topic as you and might want to know More about your sources. You are offering a succinct summary and evaluation for them. The rhetorical choices you make in your annotations should make your audience clear.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Four bibliographic entries

At least two scholarly

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Surname 1
Surname
Professor
Subject
Date
Annotated Bibliography
Elmar, Ternes. "'The North, Wind and the Sun' in the Breton of the Isle of Groix."
Journal of the International Phonetic Association (1975): 34-36.
The article mainly concerns one of the fables of Aesops.What is unique about the article
is that it belongs to the 298 type in the folktale classification of Aarne-Thompson.Its relevancy
comes at the point whereby it offers reasons for the persuasion of superiority over force.The
importance of the text is that the author has made it be amongst the best in transcriptions that are
phonetic in nature.The concern of the story is about the competition which exists between the
sun and the North Wind.
The challenge which then seems to exist about the scholarly artic...

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