ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Outcomes

Purposefully differentiate the use of paraphrasing, summarizing, and directly quoting as a rhetorical strategy

Purposefully apply appropriate citation style (MLA) through in-text citations and reference section in order to show writer credibility

Create an accurate works cited or reference section with multiple author books or periodicals that reference complex academic texts gathered from academic databases (e.g., EBSCO, ProQuest, etc.)

Overview

On a topic of your choice, provide a list of scholarly resources with short summative annotations, all in MLA format. "Annotated Bibliography" formatively assesses the skills of documenting source information and of evaluating arguments, claims, and evidence from multiple texts in order to identify appropriate and relevant information related to the writing task or assignment.

Assessment Description

This bibliography should follow specific MLA formatting requirements (see examples below this assignment on the Modules page) and include 5-7 sentence annotations for each source. These annotations should comment on the source's main points and how the articles relate to each other and your topic. You will submit the assignment as a .doc or .docx file on Canvas no later than the due date.

Requirements

A title page in MLA format with name, date, and institutional affiliation

Three primary and/or secondary sources in MLA format (title page, citations with hanging indentations)

A 5-7 sentence commentary below each entry

Evaluation

Uses and provides complete citations for five scholarly sources

Summaries cover main points and make comparisons between sources

Observes conventions of MLA format