Day 3

Annotated bibliographies

Writing summaries

Shifts

student presentation -

capitalization

Introducing the Annotated

Bibliography

What is an annotated bibliography?

A bibliography is a list of sources used for research

(Works Cited, References)

An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation

An annotated bibliography includes a summary

and/or evaluation of each of the sources

Annotations can

Summarize

Assess

Reflect

What is the purpose of an annotated

bibliography?

Forces to read each source more carefully and

critically

Help one gain a good perspective on what has and

is being said about topic

Helps clarify issues, current arguments, and develop

personal view

Helps other researchers

What does an annotated bibliography

look like?

Bibliographic information of source follows either

MLA or APA style guides

Annotations for each source are written in

paragraph form

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/614/

Guiding Questions for Annotations

Paragraph 1: Summarize

What are the main arguments?

What is the point of this book or article?

What topics are covered?

Paragraph 2: Assess

Is this source useful?

How does it compare with other sources in our bibliography?

Is the information reliable? How?

Is this source biased or objective? Why?

What is the goal of this source?

Guiding Questions for Annotations

Paragraph 3: Reflect

Was this source helpful to you?

How does it help you shape your argument?

How can you use this source in your research

project?

Has it changed how you think about your topic?

Annotated Bib discussion

Read the samples

1. Is it formatted correctly? What is wrong?

2. Is the citation information given in the correct order?

3. Read the first paragraph after citation #1. Does it summarize the source by answering the guiding questions (What are the main arguments? What is the point of this book or article? What topics are covered?)?

4. Read the second paragraph after citation #1. Does it adequately asses the source by answering the guiding questions (Is this source useful? How does it compare with other sources in our bibliography? Is the information reliable? How? Is this source biased or objective? Why? What is the goal of this source?)?

5. Read the third paragraph after citation #1. Does it provide a reflection about the source by answering the guiding questions (Was this source helpful to you? How does it help you shape your argument? How can you use this source in your research project? Has it changed how you think about your topic?)

Eng 102BC Summarizing

Paraphrasing

Summarize the following sonnet: Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments. Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove:

O no! it is an ever-fixed mark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wandering bark,

Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.

Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle’s compass come:

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

How to write a summary

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Paraphrase

Before summarizing, what must sometimes be done

first?

What is a paraphrase? Is it longer,

the same length, or shorter than an

original passage?

Puts passage into own words

Same length or longer than an original passage

Might be longer when attempting to clarify difficult

language or text

WATCH OUT FOR PATCHWRITING!!!

Summarize the following sonnet: Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments. Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove:

O no! it is an ever-fixed mark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wandering bark,

Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.

Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle’s compass come:

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

Is a summary longer, the same

length, or shorter than an original

passage?

Shorter than an original passage

Sometimes must paraphrase before writing a

summary in order to understand passage

WATCH OUT FOR PATCHWRITING!!!

Read sample summary essays

1. Does the essay follow MLA format? What is incorrect or

missing?

2. What is the thesis of the summary?

3. What is the title and who is the author of the reading?

4. What are the stages of thought (divisions) in the body

paragraphs?

5. What can be omitted to increase the summary’s brevity?

6. What is missing from the summary that keeps it from

being complete?

7. Where is the summary biased or objective?

8. Where are the grammar and mechanical errors? Think

capitalization, run-ons, fragments, appropriate language,

exact words, wordiness, passive verbs, to be, shifts…

Rank essays in order from best to worst…write on board

Shifts

English 102BC

Eliminate distracting shifts

These distract or confuse readers

Point of view

Verb tense

Mood or voice

Indirect to direct questions/quotations (statements to

questions)

Make the POV consistent in person

& number

First person emphasizes writer

Good for informal letters and writing based on

personal experience

Second person emphasizes reader

Good for giving advice or explaining how to do

something

Third person emphasizes subject

Best for formal academic and professional writing

Make the POV consistent in person

& number

Our class practiced rescuing a victim trapped in a

wrecked car. We learned to dismantle the car with

the essential tools. You were graded on your speed

and your skill in freeing the victim.

Our class practiced rescuing a victim trapped in a

wrecked car. We learned to dismantle the car with

the essential tools. You were graded on your speed

and your skill in freeing the victim.

Maintain consistent verb tenses

When writing about literature, use present tense

(especially fiction)

The scarlet letter is a punishment sternly placed on

Hester’s breast by the community, and yet it was a

fanciful and imaginative product of Hester’s own

needlework.

The scarlet letter is a punishment sternly placed on

Hester’s breast by the community, and yet it is a

fanciful and imaginative product of Hester’s own

needlework.

Make verbs consistent in mood &

voice

Three moods in English

Indicative is used for facts, opinions, questions

Imperative is used for orders or advice

Subjunctive is used to express wishes or

conditions contrary to fact

The counselor advised us to spread out our core

requirements over two or three semester. Also, pay

attention to pre-requisites for elective courses.

The counselor advised us to spread out our core

requirements over two or three semester. She also

suggested that we pay attention to pre-requisites

for elective courses.

Make verbs consistent in mood &

voice

Each student completes a self-assessment. The self-

assessment is then given to the teacher and a copy

is exchanged with a classmate.

Each student completes a self-assessment, gives it to

the teacher, and exchanges a copy with a

classmate.

Avoid sudden shifts from indirect or

direct questions or quotations

Indirect question: We asked whether we could visit

Miriam

Direct question: Can we visit Miriam?

1. I wonder whether Karla knew of the theft and, if so,

whether she reported it to the police.

2. I wonder whether Karla knew of the theft and, if so,

did she report it to the police?

1. I wonder whether Karla knew of the theft and, if so,

whether she reported it to the police.

Avoid sudden shifts from indirect or

direct questions or quotations

1. The patient said she had been experiencing heart

palpitations and could the doctor please run as

many tests as possible to find out what’s wrong.

2. The patient said she had been experiencing heart

palpitations and asked me to run as many tests as

possible to find out what was wrong.

2. The patient said she had been experiencing heart

palpitations and asked me to run as many tests as

possible to find out what was wrong.

For Thursday…

Read Behrens Chapter 2 (critical

reading and critique)

Write a one or two paragraph

summary for each of your sources