In the United States, will fully automated, driverless cars be beneficial or dangerous?
Writing the annotated bibliography/rhetorical précis:
Following the guidelines below, you will complete five source annotations/precis for the annotated bibliography.
The annotated bibliography itself demonstrates how well you understand a source and your ability to evaluate an author’s information or argument and state how you will use the source in your work. The annotated bibliography also validates and verifies your research, thus showing your competence as a researcher.
To assist you, there is an example of annotations in the module (Sample Annotated Bibliographies) so you can see what they look like and how they read. Beware of copying the samples: they’re not perfect in all categories. However, each has well-done attributes.
Remember: You are required to include an APA cover page for the Annotated Bibliography, use 1” margins, double spacing and page numbers per APA, and use a 12pt. serif typeface. (Times New Roman) Your APA cover page should have your own working title for your argument research paper project. On page 1 of your Annotated Bibliography, repeat your title from the cover page, centered at the top in bold. Under your title, also centered in bold, put Annotated Bibliography.
“Working title” means your own creative title so far.
No Reference page is used for an annotated bibliography.
Direction for the annotations:
For each source, your annotated bibliography will consist of three elements: 1) rhetorical précis (summary of the source), 2) evaluation of the author’s argument or information, and 3) possible connections to your final essay. There is a sentence-by-sentence script below to follow.
Each entry in your annotated bibliography always begins with the correctly formatted APA Reference citation for the source.
The citation is formatted as the “References” section of A Writer’s Reference instructs you beginning on the page 456, or you can go to Purdue OWL (Links to an external site.).
The source annotation begins on the next line down and is indented ½” (or five spaces, following the hanging indent style of the References page). The entire annotated bibliography is always double-spaced, typed, in a12 pt. serif typeface and has the correct APA headings and page numbering. No I voice is used.
The annotations in the bibliography are always listed in alphabetical order by the author’s last name. (See the Student Sample Annotated Bibliography)
This each paragraph for a source in annotated bibliography is referred to as a rhetorical précis. See the sentence-by-sentence script for the rhetorical precis below:
Rhetorical Précis Script: A single paragraph (Carefully follow the script for each sentence as exactly as you can for the source you are annotating)
Sentence 1: Name of author, a phrase describing the author’s credentials, the type and title of the work, a rhetorically accurate verb (such as “asserts,” “argues,” “suggests,” “implies,” “claims,” etc.) that describes what the author is doing in the text, and a THAT clause in which you state the major assertion (thesis statement) of the author’s text.
Sentence 2: An explanation of how the author develops and/or supports the thesis (for instance, comparing and contrasting, narrating, illustrating, defining, using humor or sarcasm, relating personal experience, using examples, etc.).
Your explanation is presented in the same order that the items of support are presented in the author’s work.
Sentence 3: A statement of the author’s apparent purpose, followed by an IN ORDER TO phrase in which you explain what the author wants the audience to do or feel as a result of reading the work.
Sentence 4: A statement of who the intended audience or reader that the author is addressing in his/her work.
Sentence 5:A short evaluation of the source’s information or argument. Meaning is it credible, logical, well supported, and convincing or is it overly emotional, poorly written, off putting, relies on logical fallacies. What are the implications and/or inferences in this argument from the author(s). If there is not argument then state that here, and say it is an informational source, or provides data only. This may be a sentence to two sentences.
Sentence 6: A short sentence on how this source is used or will be used in the final essay.
