An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, book chapters, academic articles, and other sources. Each citation is followed by a brief descriptive and evaluative paragraph: the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the content, relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited. Annotations are not mere summaries. They are descriptive, like summaries, but they are also critical: They discuss the author’s point of view, clarity, style, authority, credibility etc.

For this assignment, you will do annotations of a minimum of FIVE sources in a minimum of 1000 words, maximum 1200. Your bibliography will include two academic articles, one book chapter, one newspaper article, and one more source of any type. Annotations are usually about 150 words, but for this assignment, each annotation (not including the citation) must be in a minimum of 120 words. Each annotation must include at least one effective summative quotation and one effective evaluative quotation. The Annotated Bibliography must follow the latest MLA style of formatting and documentation.