Annotated Bibliography

Often as a student and as a professional, you will be required to get up to speed on a topic or issue sothat you know the common understandings about the topic, including identifying key voices in theconversation, and what questions remain. This initial gathering of information is the beginning of aresearch process.For this assignment you will get up to speed by first defining an initial question about your topic orissue and then compiling a set of relevant, credible sources which address some aspect of the question.After reviewing your sources, you will provide annotations, or formal notes, for each source. Specifically,for each source you will document the publication information and provide an evaluative annotation thatsummarizes and comments on the source. You will also include a brief end commentary that summarizesthe issue as a whole given the points of view represented in your annotations and identifies questions forfurther research which will lead to a literature review (assignment 2).The Rhetorical SituationGenre: Annotated Bibliography. According to How Writing Works,An annotated bibliography is a list of sources on a given topic, accompanied by short summaries.Each annotated bibliography uses the citation style appropriate for the academic field in question.[] The annotation may address some of the following questions: What is this source about? Whowrote it? How will it be useful for researchers or for your own research? (266)Organizationally, annotated bibliographies are arranged by bibliographical or publication information foreach source, with a paragraph below it summarizing and evaluating the content. The formatting of thepublication information will depend upon the particular style guide chosen. For this assignment you canuse MLA or APA. The final set of entries should be alphabetized by authors last name. You endcommentary synthesizing the sourced, will be written in paragraph form at the end of the document.Within each annotation, begin with a brief summary or description of the sources key contributions to theoverall conversation. For evaluative annotative bibliographies like this one, you will also include a briefanalysis to help you [and any readers of your annotation] understand the quality and perspective of eachsource and its contribution to the larger conversation and your specific question. Your annotations,then, will include both They Say and an informed I Say. Your end commentary on the annotations asa set should present a reasonable and fair overview of the conversation about your question and identifymore focused or specific questions for further research.Audience & Purpose: Your audience for this first assignment includes you and your instructor. Yourgoal for yourself is to understand your topic, including its persistent questions and debates, its key voices,and its potential relevancy for others to enable you to do further research. Your annotated bibliographyshould not only enhance your knowledge about the topic and question, but also your instructors.UND Department of English KielmeyerEnglish 130, Spring 2022Task: Determine a specific research question, drawing from the common readings and class discussion.Once you have your question, select at least eight articles from credible, library-quality sources. Thesewill be your texts to summarize accurately and analyze carefully, revealing the larger conversation aboutyour question.To complete the task, you must read and understand the sources main arguments and consider whatmotivates the author(s) of each source, as well as how each source fits into the larger body of information,stances, and questions.Since the bibliography is structured to summarize and comment on each source individually, your briefend commentary (approximately 3-5 paragraphs) will need to give your readers the bottom linetakeaways from considering all the sources together. If you are familiar with the term so what fromChapter 7 of They Say, I Say, think of the end commentary as the so what of the entire bibliography.Your individual summaries should be single spaced, and your end commentary double-spaced. The finaldocument will be about four pages, but the main concern should be ensuring you have enough summarythat the reader can get a sense of the authors argument, some commentary on the context for theirresearch or data, and to explain how their argument contributes to the larger conversation about yourtopic.Grading Criteria PercentageSelection of sources is based on a specific research question (not general topic)related to the course topic10Sources are credible, relevant to the question, and represent different perspectiveson the question15Sources are summarized fairly and accurately, highlighting aspects of each sourcethat relate directly to the question15Evaluative metacommentary in annotations help readers understand the quality andperspective of the source, and its contribution to the larger conversation/question15End commentary on the bibliography presents a reasonable and fair overview of thesources contribution to understanding the question, and identifies more focused orspecific questions or issues for further research15Demonstrates careful attention to language through correct spelling and grammarand appropriate usage and style10Follows appropriate formatting and citation practices for the annotated bibliographygenre10Gives and receives feedback in the Peer Reviews and Workshops, makes efforts toincorporate and consider feedback (Drafting + Peer Review)10Total 100