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Journal Prompt:
Wednesday, 2/15
Make a list of the authors for each of your sources. Then decide
what kind of publication each source is.
Example:
Jones: Article from a journal found through a database (Education Full Text,
JSTOR, EBSCO Host)
Miller: Article from a journal not accessed through a database
Wallace: Newspaper article
Sanchez: Website Work on your annotated bib
and bring your laptop to class
Gardiner: Video on Friday!

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Why should I write one?
 To learn about your topic
 Learn “what’s been said”
 Develop your own point of view
 Tosee what the issues are, what people are
arguing about

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Format: Introduction
 Yourbib needs to have a brief (approx. 1
paragraph) introduction that includes:
 Purpose of the bib
 Ties your sources together
 Describes your bib’s usefulness to your topic

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Sample Introduction:
The purpose of my annotated bibliography is to explore the
question, “Does the FCAT Writes test really determine how well a
student will write in composition class?” Through my research, I
have found sources claiming that the FCAT Writes can help
students become better writers (Smith; Jones; Meri) and others
who claim that the FCAT Writes exam should be completely
eliminated (Wayne; Emig; Rice). Though these sources do not
directly answer my question, they have helped me to identify the
reasons for the implementation of the FCAT Writes exam and the
potential benefits of the test. Other sources have also pointed to
the negative impact that the test can have on students. By
analyzing these sources, I hope to conduct a study to answer my
research question within my Composition II class.

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Format: Annotations
 Eachannotation should start with a citation in MLA
format:
 Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on
Writing and Life. New York: Anchor Books,
1995. Print.

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Format: Annotations
 Next, follow the steps for writing the first
paragraph of a rhetorical precis for each of your
articles:
 http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleybaccam/how-to-
be-snooki

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Don’t forget Snooki!
Snooki asserts that becoming a Snooki requires a tan, pink
lipstick, a poof, and animal prints. Snooki supports this
assertion by transforming a young girl into a Snooki by doing her
makeup and hair, and giving her an animal print scarf. Her
purpose was to show that becoming a Snooki requires a hair
and makeup transformation in order to have the perfect Snooki
look. Her intended audience are young girls who look up to
Snooki, and she targets this audience by using a young girl in
her example.
In your groups, write a rhetorical precis for the article, “Is Google
Making us Stupid?”

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Format: Annotations
 Inyour second paragraph, explain how the
claims made by the author are relevant to
your research topic.
 Inyour groups, add a paragraph description
of how you would relate the article to the
topic, “How is technology affecting
students?”

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Example:
Emig argues, “The FCAT Writes exam is useful to the students’
writing abilities, because it teaches them to write an essay in a
structured way” (78). Though the FCAT Writes does provide students
with a way to structure their essays, I’m not sure that this structure
really helps them be better writers in college. For this reason, I will
use Emig’s claim to show that though some people support the
structure of the FCAT Writes exam, there are other structures that
can be useful to students and their college-writing abilities. Though
Emig focuses on providing a history of the FCAT Writes exam, I will
be using her argument for the test’s implementation in my research
paper.
In your groups, add a paragraph description of how you would relate
the article to the topic, “How is technology affecting students?”

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General Formatting
 List each entry in alphabetical order
 Do not number your entries
 Follow MLA format for all entries
 Double space your bibliography
 Do not add extra spaces between entries
 Use hanging indent after the first line of
citation

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Example 1
Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and
Life.
New York: Anchor Books, 1995. Print.
Lamott asserts that students argue mostly with their own inner
critic when writing a paper. She supports this assertion through
a variety of anecdotes, in which she uses humor to display
students’ insecurities with their own writing abilities. Her
purpose was to show that students should be more confident
when writing, because they are often their own tough critics.
Her intended audience includes writing students and teachers,
and she targets this audience by using anecdotes from both the
student and the teacher perspectives on writing.

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Lamott’s book is relevant to my topic because she focuses on the
students’ writing processes as determinants of their confidence with
writing. Stating, “Students’ lack of confidence with writing often limits
their abilities,” meaning that students limit their writing potential when
they doubt themselves, Lamott argues that writing teachers should work
to increase their students’ confidence with writing (89).Several of the
chapters in Part 1 address the writing process and would serve to
generate discussion on students' own drafting and revising processes.
Though Lammott does not answer my research question directly, I will
use her description of the writing process to explain how students are
often lacking confidence in their writing abilities.

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How many annotations should I
have?
Approximately 15-20, though some
topics will require less, while others
may need more.

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Should we use quotes in our
annotations?
 Yes,you should incorporate quotes to
support your claims about the article, usually
(but not always) in your second paragraph.
 Youcan also refute these claims in your
second paragraph.

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A Few MLA Guidelines
 Perl, Sondra. “The Composing Processes of Unskilled College
Writers.” Writing about Writing: A College Reader. Eds.
ElizabethWardle and Doug Downs. Boston: Bedford/St.
Martin’s, 2001.235-54. Print.

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(if you got the article from a database)
Langhamer, Anne. “Love and Courtship in Mid-Twentieth-
Century England.” Historical Journal 50.1 (2007): 173-96.
JSTOR. Web. 27 May 2009.
Author last name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal
(italicized) Volume Number. Issue number (year of
publication): starting page-ending page. Title of Database.
Wed. Date of Access.

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Article from a journal not accessed
through a database
Langhamer, Anne. “Love and Courtship in Mid-Twentieth-
Century England.” Historical Journal 50.1 (2007): 173-96.
PDF.
Author last name, First Name. “Title of Article.” Title of Journal
(italicized) Volume Number. Issue number (year of
publication): starting page-ending page. Medium of
publication (usually PDF).

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A Website
The Purdue OWL Family of Sites. The Writing Lab and OWL at
Purdue and Purdue U, 2008. Web. 23 Apr. 2008.
Editor, author, or compiler name (if available). Name of Site
(italicized). Version number. Name of institution/
organization affiliated with the site (sponsor or
publisher), date of resource creation (if
available).
Medium of publication. Date of access.

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Article in a Web Magazine
Bernstein, Mark. "10 Tips on Writing the Living Web." A List
Apart: For People Who Make Websites. A List
Apart
Mag., 16 Aug. 2002. Web. 4 May 2009.
Author Last Name, First. “Title of Article.” Title of Magazine
(italics). Name of Publisher, Date of publication.
Web.
Date of Access.
If no publisher is listed, use n.p. If no date is listed, use n.d.

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As stated by Perl, “Tony was worried about writing rules” (295).
It was also clear that “Tony was worried about writing rules” (Perl
295).
More MLA Resources:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

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Don’t Forget!