An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation. Therefore, an annotated bibliography includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources. Your annotation must: • Summarize: What is/are the main argument(s)? What is the point of this book or article? What topics are covered?
ENG 107: Synthesis and Research Writing Bloomfield College Professor Jennifer C. Guercio Unit 2 – Literature Review Purpose and Focus of Analysis In the preliminary stages of any significant research project, students and scholars are expected to carry out an extensive review of the literature relevant to their project. This is true in any discipline. Scholars and students are expected to know what accredited scholars and researchers have published on a subject. A literature review provides an analysis of this research. In this assignment, you will do a review of literature on a topic of current interest in an academic field.
The opening sentences can be descriptive, begin with an interesting statistic or a quotation. The introductory sentences will lead the reader to the point of your paper and to a clear thesis statement. This statement clearly tells the reader what your paper is going to cover. Thesis statement An example of a thesis statement: Although people frequently react to stress in harmful ways, there are four positve methods one may use to manage stress effectively. ((2 main ideas: problem/solutions) A writer begins with a broad topic and narrows it down to a manageable size.
The completed assignment should have a title page and a reference list with abstracts. Suggestions for locating qualitative and quantitative research articles from credible sources: 1. Use a library database such as CINAHL Plus with full text for your search. 2. Using the advanced search page check the box beside "Research Article" in the "Limit your results" section.
Recognize the elements of appropriate literary genres. Focus a topic and formulate a critical/analytical thesis, focus, main point, or claim appropriate for an academic audience that analyzes literature – nonfiction and/or fiction. Use a variety of organizational strategies within a single paper to support a thesis, focus, main point, or claim. Interpret texts in a variety of cultural and historical contexts. Demonstrate an ability to use effective research techniques to find appropriate oral and/or written media such as books, articles, interviews, visuals, and government documents.
4. Explain the author’s main contentions and briefly discuss them using concrete evidence from the book. This may be in short quotes or in paraphrasing points. You may use outside reviews and commentaries to reinforce your interpretation. 5.
Topic sentences state the point you are trying to prove in your paragraph. Be sure that it relates directly to your thesis. Then support your topic sentence with evidence—details, examples, reasons, facts, stories, numbers, quotations, etc. If you include any information from another source, introduce the source to readers (like “According to an article in the Wall Street Journal…”), use quotation marks around quoted material, and include citations in APA format. Click the Reference tab above and then “Insert Citation” to have Word format this for you.
SSK 1212 Evaluating Books Worksheet The following criteria and questions can help you to judge the value of a source. Instructions: Use the book you have found on our class topic in the Mohammed VI Library. Answer the following questions in order to assess the credibility of your chosen source; you may find the answers by checking through the appropriate parts of the book, or you may need to do some additional research: 1. First, write the full reference here: ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..…..
Write an ‘Analysis’: Analyze the TECHNIQUES used by the author (‘Language’, ‘Purpose’, ‘Audience’, ‘Mode of Development', etc). By analyzing the writer’s techniques you will be able to answer this basic question: Did the author achieve his/her purpose successfully? Don’t forget to justify your answer by citing evidence from the text. 5. Write a ‘Response’: Respond to the writer’s IDEAS (main idea, first) by evaluating them and pointing out whether or not you agree with any of them.
Jacqueline Paul, Adam Neumann, Megan Fritchman, Bradley Deason, Henry Martin, Christopher Lampe Eng-W132 Professor Ventura October 31, 2013 Creative Collection of Scholarly Written Disciplines Scholarly articles are written in a certain style and manner, with a specific topic as the key to the entire written article. The style and manner of a scholarly article is very structured and to the point containing headings to show progression throughout the article, for example an abstract and a bibliography to cite the source of the factual information exhibited throughout the article. Not only are heading keys to scholarly articles but charts and graphs which display statistical information are also key factors of scholarly articles as well.