Senior Thesis Annotated Bibliography

Senior Thesis Annotated Bibliography Instructions (make sure all of this is followed):

This exercise is an exercise in preliminary research to give you a taste of the conversation

surrounding your text.

Instructions: Locate, read, and create an annotated bibliography entry for THREE sources of

information pertaining to your book. Please use MLA style. Annotations should be listed

alphabetically. (Think of it as a works cited page, with a paragraph description beneath each

citation).

An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is

followed by a brief (usually about 200-350 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the

annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and

quality of the sources cited.

While reading through the sources, answer the following questions. Then convert your questions

into one, cohesive paragraph (for a grand total of 3 paragraphs). Make sure you write your final

annotations in a clear and concise manner. Follow MLA formatting.

1. Start by creating a citation (MLA citation like you usually do)

2. Introduce your article by letting your reader know the type and credibility of the source

(in 1-2 sentences): Who wrote it? What type of publication is it? What type of audience is

it written for?

3. Summarize and analyze the content of the source (in 3-7 sentences).

a. What is the author arguing? (Remember not to plagiarize, paraphrase and cite the

page number of their thesis).

b. How does the author support this argument?

c. Apply your analysis: Was it a good argument, was it useful? (3-5 sentences).

i. Does the author clearly explain his/her argument? How so? What in

particular made it clear/unclear?

ii. Do you agree with argument made in the article? Why or why not?

iii. Was this article useful to your own research? If not, what type of

research may it be useful for?

My Book is: As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

-all I have right now is my proposal so I will attach that in the file (please use this so you know what this should be about)

Please follow all instructions the directions are asking. In terms of sources if you use a secondary source, it HAS to be from a credible source, not Wikipedia, random blog pages, or fake news websites.

FULL BOOK PDF (use for quotes and content info):

Book Content Resources

Shmoop (scroll down on the left and youll see super condensed accurate summaries of each chapter as well as book themes, etc.):

Spark Notes (also uses summaries of each chapter and has good analysis as well):

I strongly encourage using quotes from the books, PLEASE DONT PULL FAKE QUOTES FROM THE INTERNET use the book pdf I linked. Lastly please follow all instructions so I can get full credit and please read through all the instructions as well as everything Ive attatched and linked. Thank you. If you have any questions please let me know this is for my AP English Literature and Composition class.