THIS ASSIGMENT WILL BE SUMMITED TO TURNITIN.
Create an annotated bibliography of four sources that could be used for your research project, including at least two articles from scholarly journals.
Your initial submission should include all of the following components:
Sources
Four sources related to your research question, including at least two from scholarly journal articles. All four sources should be high-quality sources that you can use in your research project. Refer to Week 3: Selecting Sources Wisely. You may decide to use some or all of the sources that you posted in Week 3, Discussion 1: Identifying and Evaluating Sources.
Content and Organization
Include your name and a title that reflects your topic at the top of the first page.
Below the title, indicate your research question.
Following the explanations in the week 4 learning resources [The Annotated Bibliography (videos) and the Sample Annotated Bibliography], create an annotated bibliography of four sources. For each source, include:
- Reference citation in APA format
- Annotation of 150 ±25 words, formatted in a single paragraph, with
- summary
- evaluation
- use
You may (but do not have to) use CiteFast to create your reference citations. If you use CiteFast, be sure to check for accuracy and make any necessary corrections.
Language Choices
- As a writer, you are free to decide how you use language, keeping the following in mind:
- style: your language choices should result in a consistent writing style that is purposeful and aligned with your goals
- readability: your language choices should ensure that your ideas are clear and easy to follow
- When composing your assignment, think about the conventions for academic writing, including:
- punctuation: this includes things such as recommended use of commas, colons, and apostrophes.
- word-level accuracy: this includes things such as capitalization, spelling, word-tense, and usage.
- sentence-level accuracy: this includes things such as sentence boundaries, subject-verb agreement, and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
- Take time to review your language choices after you’ve drafted your assignment. Think about your goals for the style of this writing and your own writing habits (like using “text-speak,” omitting capitalization, or writing sentence fragments). Revise as necessary to accomplish your style and readability goals.
- Reading your writing aloud is a helpful technique when reviewing your language choices for style and readability.
Length and Format
Each annotated bibliography entry begins with a reference citation in APA format, followed by a single-paragraph annotation of 150 +/- 25 words (125-175 words each). The entire completed assignment should be at least 600 words.
Order the references alphabetically, according to the first words of the reference citations.
Incorporate these elements of APA style:
- Use one-inch margins.
- Double space.
- Use an easy-to-read font between 10-point and 12-point.
- Format reference citations with a hanging indent.
A title page is not required, but make sure you include your name and a title that reflects your topic at the top of the first page.
Reflection Questions
The reflection questions are to be answered separately. Post these in the “comments” box when submitting your assignment. You can number your answers or write them in paragraph form. Be sure to address all four questions.
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- Aside from simply meeting the requirements, what were your personal goals for this assignment?
- When reviewing your language choices, what choices did you make to approach your goals for staying within or moving beyond conventions for academic writing? To what degree did the Grammar Lab content impact the choices you made?
- What parts of your work on this assignment are you most proud of?
- What challenged you in this assignment and/or where do you need additional support from your instructor?
