Annotated Bibliography Supplement Purpose: What is the author’s purpose for writing this? What is the authorial intent, or what the writer intended for this piece of writing to accomplish? Audience: Who is the intended audience? What is it about the language or the way the argument is presented that leads you to this conclusion? Arrangement: How is this piece of writing structured? In other words, what order are the parts of an argument in? Evidence: What evidence is used to support the secondary claims in this piece of writing? Implications: What are the future implications of this stance? In other words, what are the underlying implications? What is not necessarily said outright, but we are led to believe? What rhetorical devices are used to do this? Word Choice: What interesting word choices have been made in this piece of writing? Why are they unique to this argument? UNIT #1 Annotated Bibliography Instructions You will create an annotated bibliography of no less than five academic sources on a research topic that raises an ethical problem. An annotated bibliography begins by citing the source’s publication information. In this assignment, you will use MLA formatting to accomplish this task. THE FIRST THING I SHOULD SEE AFTER YOUR HEADING IS YOUR APPROVED THESIS FOR YOUR ESSAY THEN, FOR EACH RESOURCE- Once you have documented the source’s publication information in MLA format (It should look like a Works Cited entry), you will describe, in approximately 300 words, its purpose, audience, arrangement, evidence, implications, and word choice. You will also discuss how each resource relates to another resource. Ultimately, the goal of this assignment is to help you understand the basic steps of academic research. In This Unit, We Assume... · The description of a writer’s argument (focusing specifically on purpose, audience, arrangement, evidence, implications, and word choice) can function as a close reading strategy that facilitates your growth as as a writer. · The description of a writer’s argument (focusing specifically on purpose, audience, arrangement, evidence, implications, and word choice) can help you name and collect strategies for your writing process. · Critiquing or drawing implications from an argument first requires a comprehensive description of its claims. · Completing annotated descriptions of existing research is a fundamental building block for writing academic research essays. In This Unit, We Try to... · Help you accumulate strategies for your writing process by describing the argumentative strategies of other writers. · Help you describe the intimate relationship between a writer’s purpose and audience(s). · Help you describe the intimate relationship between an argument’s claims and cited evidence. · Help you describe how writers arrange their arguments to be more persuasive to audiences. · Help you describe the intimate relationship between an argument’s evidence and the implications audiences are expected to dr ...

1. Annotated Bibliography Supplement
Purpose: What is the author’s purpose for writing this? What is
the authorial intent, or what the writer intended for this piece of
writing to accomplish?
Audience: Who is the intended audience? What is it about the
language or the way the argument is presented that leads you to
this conclusion?
Arrangement: How is this piece of writing structured? In other
words, what order are the parts of an argument in?
Evidence: What evidence is used to support the secondary
claims in this piece of writing?
Implications: What are the future implications of this stance? In
other words, what are the underlying implications? What is not
necessarily said outright, but we are led to believe? What
rhetorical devices are used to do this?
Word Choice: What interesting word choices have been made in
this piece of writing? Why are they unique to this argument?
UNIT #1 Annotated Bibliography Instructions
You will create an annotated bibliography of no less than five
academic sources on a research topic that raises an ethical
problem. An annotated bibliography begins by citing the
source’s publication information. In this assignment, you will
use MLA formatting to accomplish this task.
THE FIRST THING I SHOULD SEE AFTER YOUR HEADING
IS YOUR APPROVED THESIS FOR YOUR ESSAY
THEN, FOR EACH RESOURCE- Once you have documented
the source’s publication information in MLA format (It should
look like a Works Cited entry), you will describe, in
approximately 300 words, its purpose, audience, arrangement,
evidence, implications, and word choice. You will also discuss
how each resource relates to another resource. Ultimately, the
goal of this assignment is to help you understand the basic steps
of academic research.

2. In This Unit, We Assume...
· The description of a writer’s argument (focusing specifically
on purpose, audience, arrangement, evidence, implications, and
word choice) can function as a close reading strategy that
facilitates your growth as as a writer.
· The description of a writer’s argument (focusing specifically
on purpose, audience, arrangement, evidence, implications, and
word choice) can help you name and collect strategies for your
writing process.
· Critiquing or drawing implications from an argument first
requires a comprehensive description of its claims.
· Completing annotated descriptions of existing research is a
fundamental building block for writing academic research
essays.
In This Unit, We Try to...
· Help you accumulate strategies for your writing process by
describing the argumentative strategies of other writers.
· Help you describe the intimate relationship between a writer’s
purpose and audience(s).
· Help you describe the intimate relationship between an
argument’s claims and cited evidence.
· Help you describe how writers arrange their arguments to be
more persuasive to audiences.
· Help you describe the intimate relationship between an
argument’s evidence and the implications audiences are
expected to draw from it.
· Help you describe argumentative patterns by focusing on word
choice.
· Help you develop strategies for composing academic research
essays.
In This Unit, We Ask You to Consider...
· What is the writer’s purpose?
· Who is the writer’s audience?
· How has the writer arranged his or her essay? What claims get
prioritized over others? When does a writer deliver a particular
type of evidence?

3. · What evidence does the writer use to support his or her
argument? How is that evidence selected on the basis of his or
her audience and purpose?
· What are the stated implications of the writer’s argument?
How are those implications connected to his or her audience and
purpose?
· What are some of the repeated words or phrases that the writer
uses to make his or her argument?
Key Requirements
· 12-point, Times New Roman
· Minimum four cited essays
· Minimum one podcast
· Minimum 1500 words
· Use MLA formatting