Assignment sheet for Annotated Bibliography assignment.

1. English 102 College Writing and Rhetoric
Annotated Bibliography Assignment
Purpose
The Annotated Bibliography assignment is designed to help you become familiar
with the secondary research and commentary relating to your problem. It requires
you to identify and read your sources before you start writing your Critical
Conversation paper.
Description
A bibliography is an alphabetized list of sources referred to in an academic work. An
annotated bibliography (often produced before writing a research-oriented paper)
includes annotations, or comments, on each source.
Your Annotated Bibliography should include at least eight (8) annotated sources
that represent a variety of different perspectives and arguments about your
problem (think stakeholders). Include an MLA citation for each source followed by
your commentary covering these areas:
• Summary
o Summarize the argument and major points in order of importance.
• Rhetorical Information
o What kind of source (scholarly article, website, etc.) is it? What is
the author’s purpose for writing and who is the intended
audience? Are there any biases that need to be noted?
• Evaluation
o What are the strengths and weaknesses of the source? How useful
is it for your purpose? How might you use it?
Grading Criteria
• Focus: each source is related to the research question.
• Comprehensiveness: taken together, the sources represent all of the
significant perspectives on the research question.
• Content of Annotations:
o Provide enough rhetorical information to demonstrate its
appropriateness for the research question, if necessary.
o Summarize content objectively, accurately, and include conclusion.
o Evaluate the effectiveness of the argument and use of evidence.
o Demonstrate an exploration of how the source may be used for the
multi-source persuasive paper.
• Format: demonstrates correct MLA style.
• Readability: written in clear, correct prose style appropriate for academic
writing.