Which elements you include in an annotated will depend on the individual text itself and your purpose with it. Some possibilities of what can go into an annotated are: Who is the author? (credentials, associations) What is the purpose of the text? Who is the intended audience? What is the thesis/argument in the text? o What are the main points? Don't go into detail, just provide a simple list. What evidence/support does the author use to support their thesis? o Again, don't describe in detail, just note them briefly, especially if they are useful to understanding what the text is doing. What methodology did the author use? What theories/ideas did the author draw on for their analysis? What is the quality of the evidence? How strong or weak is the argument? o Explain your reasoning. What biases do you see in the author's analysis? What did the author leave out in their discussion/argument (especially if you think the missing pieces would have a critical effect on the author's argument)? What is the relationship between what this text says to other sources? o Do they argue the same thing? Do they have different approaches to the same topic? Do they argue the opposite thesis? Does one build on the other? What value does this text have to your research project? If it's an important enough text, what effect has it had on the field/context it is in? Part One Come up with a research question that interests you. e Guidelines for developing a good research question can be found here: https://writingcenter.gmu.edu/writing-resources/research-based-writin e Make your research question fit the scope of a 4-5 page paper. Write out your research question and create a plan of how you would conduct research to develop a thesis that could answer your question. For example, discuss: e What kinds of sources would be most useful? (journal articles, novels, interviews, etc.) e What kinds of providers you might go to find your sources (university research, nonprofit organizations, government documents, American or non-American, individual professionals, entertainment personalities, journalists and news sites, etc.) What fields might contribute to the topic? What date range of sources do you think would be relevant? What keywords and phrases do you think you'll use for your searches? What varying views do you know of that you would need to investigate? Start your research by looking for one journal article relevant to your research questions by navigating the LSC Library databases. Choose the field you want to search within, or if you know the specific journal you want to search in, choose the Search for Publication Title option. Choose a database in which to look for articles from the field's menu. Log in with your myLoneStar Email Address & Password. Search for articles using keywords related to your research question. From the results, choose an article that sounds interesting to you that you want to proceed with. Read the article, and if it feels useful for your question, move to the next step. If you find yourself not really finding value in the article for your question, look for a different article. Once you've chosen an article, create both an MLA and APA citation. o https://apastyle.apa.org/style-grammar- guidelines/references/examples/journal-article-references O https://columbiacollege-ca.libguides.com/MLA9/journals For 5 extra points, you can do Chicago as well (include both the Bibliography and Note format). https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide/citation- guide-1.html Write an evaluationnotation of the article that: 1) provides a summary of the article, including its thesis and evidence, 2) gives your evaluation of the argument (what makes it convincing or not), 3) gives your evaluation of the author and the source for reliability and credibility, (you will need to do an investigation to find information that you can use for this evaluation), and 4) explains how this article contributes to answering your question. Use the guidelines for annotated bibliographies to assist you in writing your annotation. Intro to Annotated Bibliographies from UNC o https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/annotated-bibliographies/ . Annotation Guide from UNSW Sydney o Focus on "Contents of an annotated bibliography" to the end o https://www.student.unsw.edu.au/annotated-bibliography