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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHYThe format of an annotated bibliography can vary so if you’re doing one for a class, it’s important to ask for specific guidelines. This is the format I want you to use.Introduction: A paragraph exploring your main question(s) and purpose in conducting the inquiry project. Indicate how the research has aided your exploration of the topic, albeit briefly. You may use bullet points to summarize the main points of your discoveries.The bibliographic information: The bibliographic information of the source is written in MLA format (author, the title, publisher, date, etc., alphabetically, just like all sources on a regular works cited or bibliography). To find the required content for an entry on a specific type of source, consult the OWL at Purdue (online writing lab); this may be accessed from my website or simply by typing it into a search engine yourself. If you use a type of source not provided on the OWL website, check with me.The annotations: The annotations for each source are written in paragraph form. The lengths of the annotations can vary significantly from a couple of sentences to a couple of pages. The length will depend on the purpose. For the annotation in this class, you will be writing three paragraphs for each source.This annotated bibliography will include a summary, an assessment, and a reflection for each entry.Summarize: What are the main arguments? What is the point of this book or article? What topics are covered? If someone asked what this article/book is about, what would you say? Assess: After summarizing a source, it is helpful to evaluate it. Is it a useful source? How does it compare with other sources in your bibliography? Is the information reliable? Is this source biased or objective? What is the goal of this source? How well is it organized?Reflect: Once you’ve summarized and assessed a source, you need to ask how it fits into your research. Was this source helpful to you? How does it help you shape your argument? How can you use this source in your research project? Has it changed how you think about your topic? Indicate how it helped you modify or fulfill your research goals.See the next page for an example of an annotated bibliography introduction and one source entry. You should realize that you will have your running header on your own bibliography; the first page will have your main MLA heading since there is no formal paper to preface it.Aiye StudentMrs. M. SannEnglish 1501.2D19 May 2017Writers on Writing: an Annotated BibliographyAs someone who spends an equal amount of time agonizing over my own inept attempts to write and admiring the ability that I lack in so many others, I decided to examine writing as closely through the eyes of other writers as I could: this project has allowed me to do that. My big question is: how do gifted writers think about and execute the art of writing. Though there many books and documentaries I have yet to encounter that will add to my knowledge on this score, the sources I perused have ultimately led me to the following three conclusions:We write best, or most comfortably, when we write what about what is most familiar to us.Good writers, for the most part, agonize over details: every aspect of writing contributes to a work of art and consequently deserves attention and scrutiny. This is part of the pain of writing; without it though, there can be no joy in the writing.There is no magic formula for good writing, but it is organic. And writing that is received well by those who know good writing, results from authorial effort and sometimes lucky timing.Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. Anchor Books, 1995. Lamott’s book offers honest advice on the nature of a writing life, complete with its insecurities and failures. Taking a humorous approach to the realities of being a writer, the chapters in Lamott’s book are wry and anecdotal and offer advice on everything from plot development to jealousy, from perfectionism to struggling with one’s own internal critic. In the process, Lamott includes writing exercises designed to be both productive and fun.Lamott offers sane advice for those struggling with the anxieties of writing, but her main project seems to be offering the reader a reality check regarding writing, publishing, and struggling with one’s own imperfect humanity in the process. Rather than a practical handbook to producing and/or publishing, this text is indispensable because of its honest perspective, its down-to-earth humor, and its encouraging approach.Chapters in this text could easily be included in the curriculum for a writing class. Several of the chapters in Part 1 address the writing process and would serve to generate discussion on students’ own drafting and revising process. Some of the writing exercises would also be appropriate for generating classroom writing exercises. Students should find Lamott’s style both engaging and enjoyable.[The next entry goes back to the 1” left justified margin without any extra space after the entry before it concludes. All entries should be alphabetized. After page one, your pages should have proper MLA header. Any deviation from MLA requirement will result in a loss of all points. You should have a minimum of three entries that you use for research included in your presentation, one of which should be a book (fiction or non-fiction). At least one source should be listed and annotated that you chose NOT to use for your presentation. A complete annotation is required for rejected sources as well. You will find the annotated bibliography to be lengthy.]It should be turned in to and give in hard copy format. All of your annotations must be 100% original. ................
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