In your annotated bibliography, each annotation must include:
• a properly cited/formatted MLA text entry;
• a summary of the source (approx. 150 words); and
• an assessment that highlights (1) the source type (e.g. a book, a website, a video, a work in an 
anthology, etc.), (2) what you learned from

the source, (3) how useful (or not) the source is to your research, and (4) where your ideas/opinions/thoughts fit into your source’s arguments

(talk back, with, and alongside your source) (approx. 150 words).


Further requirements:
• 1 explanation (200 words, minimum) of your research topic, question, or argument (this may come before or after your bibliography);
• 3 scholarly sources & 3 popular—all sources need to be contemporary unless you have a specific 
rhetorical reason for using older sources (you

may use one digitally-based/video source);
• 1 embedded, direct quotation within each annotation (at least); and
• proper MLA documentation (i.e. including in-text citations, etc).
• Length: 1,800+ words single-spaced for bibliography, plus 200 words single-spaced for research question.