Paper 2: Annotated Bibliography
English technical
writing
Due Date: April 3th
The term Annotated Bibliography (AB) means
“listed or described sources.” So, an Annotated Bibliography contains
information about a source’s content. Normally this takes the form of summary
with end-text (Heading) and in-text documentation. In addition to summary of
source content, the AB also may contain third-person commentary on the part of
the writer to illuminate or clarify the meaning of the source.
Objective of the AB:The
main objective of the AB is the following:1)The
AB shows where information comes from—source citation. 2)The AB provides a more complete and substantive explanation of
content found in more generalized form within other documents. 3)Finally, the AB allows readers to
understand more about the complexities of the topic-- if they wish to know
more. In a supportive way, the AB clarifies content that—if not given in an
AB—might seem highly complex considering the nature of the subjects.
Assignment:
1► Find/Compile at
least 20 sources.
*Note: we will define a source as the following: “Any printed or
virtual book, magazine, newspaper,
journal, pamphlet, government document, corporate or institutional publication, public or private research, or
empirically derived surveys and
questionnaires.” In addition, we extend
the definition to mean “personal
interviews email conversations, audio and video sources as well as computer data bases, or any other form of
technological media.” There
are no specific types of sources excluded from the AB unless they simply don’t make sense to utilize. Feel
100% free to utilize all forms of inquiry
and explore your options with all types of sources.
2►After finding your
sources, read them, take good notes on what particular information from the source you want to use in the
AB. Next, write a one (1) page (and one page only!!), single-spaced
summary of the content. Each source shouldhave its own individual page.
In General, What Should
be in Each Annotation?
1) The content of each AB should be
a minimum of 250 words.
2) Provide a summary of the content
of the source with MLA in-text documentation. Use at least three
(3) one-sentence quotes per annotation
and explain each quote with commentary. Block quotes are not allowed. There should be a
balance (50/50) between cited material
and interpretative commentary that is not cited.
3) Provide third-person commentary
on the source to show how it argues a particular
side of the issue
4) Provide a brief “source
justification” section to show how each source compares
and contrasts in terms of content with other sources in the AB collection.
3► 1” down from the
Top of thepage, there should be an MLA Citation Heading (CH). A CH is the
publication information normally found on a Works Cited sheet ora Bibliography sheet.given. Put the citation
information in bold. After the
last line of the single-spacedcitation (single space the citation) you should triple-single space and begin the
single spaced paragraph with no indentations.
Only write one (1) paragraph for the summary, not two, not three. Make sure you use in-text (within the
paragraph citations). The summary
paragraph does not have a topic sentence; thereis NOT a main idea sentence-element within the
paragraph. While the paragraph provides exact
information, there is also room for commentary, interpretation of data, or professional judgments of content.
Exact Content
Points for Each Annotation:
1) General Overview
2) Specific Quotes with In-text
documentation
3) Interpretative Commentary (How
the source helps inform or solve the problem).
4) The Unique Contribution of the
Source
5) How the Source Compares with another Source in the AB
Collection
6) How the Source Contrasts with another Source in the AB
Collection
Writing Sample (Sample AB
Smith, Jon. Disappearing
Middle-Class America. New York
Random House, 2006.
Author Jon Smith presents a portrait of American economic
and social life from post-war 1950 to the turn of the twenty-first century.
More than simple economics and cultural change, Smith’s book looks on American
culture with the assumption that something has gone wrong in America . Exploring the concepts of
downsizing, reduced income, and changing family structures, Smith’s main
contention is that modern America
is a result of a crisis in personal verses social identity, and that the
middle-class is “disappearing” due to changes in the way individuals define
their new emerging roles in a global world (46). In the chapter entitled “America at War with Itself,” the
author contends that “1950s American ideals of family could not coexist with
the newer version of self-centeredness that mushroomed in the peace movements
of the late 1960s” (256). As the less
non-traditional liberation movement began as a result of America’s prolonged
engagement in Vietnam, there was less room for the cohesiveness in society that
would promote the homogenous family and economic structures of the 1950s
(276-278). Smith points to six main
reasons for the decline of the middle-class family: “the rise of the culture of
‘me,’ the increasing emphasis on less costly products, the decline in American
industrial production, the promotion of free trade, the decline of pay and
benefits for workers, and the lessening of American influence in global markets”
(194). The cultural revolution of the 1960s encouraged the advancement of the
individual and this contributed to a decline in nationalistic reasons to
further the country over the individual. Further, Smith claims that “the most
devastating aspect of middle-class decline was the new emphasis on global
trade” (135). Global trade allowed Americans to be free to make more personal
choices in purchasing which lead to the increased need to own cheap material
goods that did not sustain local economies—or families. This source contributes
to the AB collection by showing the social--not just economic--changes that
have taken place in America .
Unlike other sources in the collection, this source stresses that psychological
and sociological change in the middle-class has been the result of physical
economic changes that have occurred in America over a fifty year
period. The book Toward a New Democracy of the Middle Class is similar toSmith’s
text, yet it doesn’t deal with the middle-class; rather, it only takes into
consideration the role of family values and how they have changed. Racing with the Wind is very similar in
its point of view as Smith’s text. It argues, like Smith, that there is no
longer a middle-class in America ,
only rich and poor.
Annotated
Bibliography Grade Sheet
Name___________________________
Day/Class Time___________________
4 3 2 1 Heading of Annotations in Proper
Style-Sheet Format?
4 3 2 1 Annotations Single-Spaced?
4 3 2 1 At
least 250 words per Annotation?
4 3 2 1 Each Annotation provides a General
Overview?
4 3 2 1 At least 3 Quotes per Annotation?
4 3 2 1 Proper In-Text Documentation
Present?
4 3 2 1 Annotations Provide Interpretive
Commentary?
4 3 2 1 Annotations State the Unique
Contribution of the Source?
4 3 2 1 Annotations State How Source
Compares/Contrasts with Other Sources in AB Collection?
4 3 2 1 There is Good Balance between
Source Information and Writer POV?
4 3 2 1 Document has been Edited and Most
Common Mistakes in Grammar, Mechanics, and Spelling have been
Corrected.
Grade_______
*Point Total divided by 11.
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