Answer & Explanation:Sources for informationhttps://bridgepoint.equella.ecollege.com/curriculum/file/73935690-6546-4556-9dad-a345f96c0dfb/2/Two-Minute%20Tutorial%20Thesis%20Statements_LSWC.zip/story.htmlhttps://bridgepoint.equella.ecollege.com/curriculum/file/d1ed61b5-8152-4f8e-948b-e162fd937c2f/1/Annotated%20Bibliography%20Tutorial.zip/story.htmlIntroduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated BibliographyPrepare: To help with the preparation of your annotated bibliography, review the following tutorials and resources from the Ashford Writing Center:Introduction Paragraph GuideThesis Statement tutorialAnnotated Bibliography tutorialSample Annotated BibliographyEvaluating SourcesReflect: Reflect back on the Week Two Discussion in which you shared with the class the global societal issue that you would like to further address. Explore critical insights that were shared by your peers and/or your instructor on the topic chosen and begin your search for scholarly sources with those insights in mind.Write: For this assignment, review the Annotated Bibliography Formatting Guidelines and address the following prompts:Introductory Paragraph to Topic: Refer to the Final Argumentative Essay guidelines for your topic selection. Write an introductory paragraph with at least 150 words, which clearly explains the topic, the importance of further research, and ethical implications.Thesis statement: Write a direct and concise thesis statement, which will become the solution to the problem that you will argue or prove in the Week Five Final Argumentative Essay. A thesis statement should be a declarative statement that makes one point in 25 words or less. The thesis statement must appear at the end of the introductory paragraph.Annotated Bibliography: Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources you have read. For each annotation, you need to summarize in your own words how the source contributes to the solution of the global societal issue. Your annotation should be one to two paragraphs long (150 words or more) and fully address the purpose, content, evidence, and relation to other sources you found on this topic. The annotated bibliography must include no less than five scholarly sources that will be used to support the major points of the Final Argumentative Essay. Critical thinking skills need to be demonstrated by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various positions of the topic.The Introduction, Thesis Statement, and Annotated Bibliography AssignmentMust be 1,000 – 1,250 words in length (excluding the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.Must include a separate title page with the following:Title of paperStudent’s nameCourse name and numberInstructor’s nameDate submittedMust use at least five scholarly sources.Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
What is an Annotated Bibliography?
Some of your courses at Ashford University will require you to write an Annotated Bibliography. An
Annotated Bibliography is a working list of references—books, journal articles, online documents,
websites, etc.—that you will use for an essay, research paper, or project. However, each reference
citation is followed by a short summative and/or evaluative paragraph, which is called an annotation. The
purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources
cited, and to state how this source will be used in or relevant to the paper or project.
Thus, an Annotated Bibliography has two main parts:
1. the citation of your book, article, webpage, video, or document (in APA style)
2. your annotation
How to create an Annotated Bibliography
1. Research the required number of scholarly sources from the library for your project.
2. Reference each source in APA format. For help on how to format each source, see our sample
references list.
3. Write two paragraphs under each source:
a. The first paragraph is a short summary of the article in your own words. Don’t just cut
and paste the abstract of the article.
b. The second paragraph is a short discussion of how this source supports your paper
topic. What does this source provide that reinforces the argument or claim you are
making? This support may be statistics, expert testimony, or specific examples that relate
to your focused topic.
Sample Annotated Bibliography Entry
Here is a sample entry from an Annotated Bibliography:
Belcher, D. D. (2004). Trends in teaching English for specific purposes. Annual Review of Applied Linguistics,
24(3), 165-186. doi: 10.1017/S026719050400008X.
This article reviews differing English for Specific Purposes (ESP) trends in practice and in theory. Belcher
categorizes the trends into three non-exclusive sects: sociodiscoursal, sociocultural, and sociopolitical.
Sociodiscoursal, she postulates, is difficult to distinguish from genre analysis because many of the major
players (e.g., Ann Johns) tend to research and write in favor of both disciplines. Belcher acknowledges the
preconceived shortcomings of ESP in general, including its emphasis on “narrowly-defined venues” (p.
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165), its tendency to “help learners fit into, rather than contest, existing…structures” (p. 166), and its
supposed “cookie-cutter” approach. In response to these common apprehensions about ESP, Belcher cites
the New Rhetoric Movement and the Sydney School as two institutions that have influenced progressive
changes and given more depth to “genre” (p. 167). She concludes these two schools of thought address the
issue of ESP pandering to “monologic” communities. Corpus linguistics is also a discipline that is
expanding the knowledge base of ESP practitioners in order to improve instruction in content-specific
areas. Ultimately, she agrees with Swales (1996) that most genres that could help ESL learners are
“hidden…or poorly taught” (p. 167) and the field of genre is only beginning to grasp the multitude of
complexities within this potentially valuable approach to the instruction of language—and in turn, writing.
This article provides examples as well as expert opinion that I can use in my project. This will provide me
with evidence to support my claims about the current disciplines in ESL studies.
Guidelines for Formatting Your Annotated Bibliography
Citations should be cited according to APA format.
Annotations should be indented a half an inch (.5”) so that the author’s last name is the only text
that is completely flush left.
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Introductions and Conclusions
Introductions and conclusions are important components of any essay. They work to book-end
the argument made in the body paragraphs by first explaining what points will be made (in the
introduction) and then summarizing what points were made (in the conclusion).
——————————————————————————————————————————An introduction works to let your reader know what he or she can expect from your paper.
Your introduction should grab your reader’s attention, introduce your topic, and explain your
purpose.
1. Begin your introduction with a “hook” that grabs your reader’s attention and introduces
the general topic. You can do this with an interesting quotation (that you must cite), an
anecdote that captures the topic, a rhetorical question, a direct statement, or an
attention-grabbing fact or statistic.
2. Next, make a statement or two about the more focused topic that the paper will
expand on. This part of the introduction can include background on the topic that helps
to establish its context.
3. Finally, include your thesis statement. This statement should include your specific topic,
your opinion/claim about that topic, and typically, the reasons you have for making that
claim. This statement should be packaged so that if it were to stand on its own, it would
let your reader would know your specific topic, the claim you make about that topic,
and the reasons you have for making that claim.
Statements about the more focused
Direct,
attentiongrabbing hook.
Sample Introduction
topic that lead up to the claim made
in the thesis statement.
I am a movie fanatic. When friends want to know what
picture won the Oscar in 1980, or who played the police chief in Jaws, they ask me. My
friends, though, have stopped asking me if I want to go out to the movies. I am no longer
excited about going to the theatre to watch the next great movie. I have decided that the idea
of going to the movie theater to see a movie is overrated because of the problems in getting to
the theater, the theater itself, and the behavior of some patrons.
Adapted from College Writing Skills with Readings
Thesis statement that
makes a claim (“going to the
movie theater to see a
movie is overrated”) and
provides reasons (there are
“problems in getting to the
theater, the theater itself,
and the behavior of some
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patrons”).
A conclusion works to remind your reader of the claim and main points of your paper and
summarizes what you want your reader to “take away” from your argument. Consider these
tips when writing your conclusion:
1. Begin with your rephrased thesis statement to remind your reader of the point of your
paper.
Summarize the points you made in your paper and show how they support your
argument; tie all the pieces of your paper together.
2. Tell your reader what the significance of your argument might be. Do you want your
reader to think differently, question something, or perform some action? Make a
recommendation of what your reader should “do” with the information you just gave
them.
Thesis
statement
rephrased.
Sample Conclusion
Summary of the main
My experience will stay with me long after I head back to school and spend my
ideas conveyed
wages on books and beer. The things that factory work has taught me – how
throughout the paper.
lucky I am to get an education, how to work hard, how easy it is to lose that work
once you have it – are by no means earth-shattering. Everyone has to come to grips
with them at some point. How and when I learned these lessons, however, has inspired me to
make the most of my college years before I enter the real world for good. Until then, the
summer months I spend in the factories will be long, tiring and every bit as educational as a
French-lit class.
Adapted from “Some Lessons from the Assembly Line” by Andrew Brassksma in Steps to Writing Well
with Additional Readings.
Significance of the
points made
throughout the
essay.
After you have written your own conclusion, ask yourself:
If my readers were to only read my conclusion, would they understand my paper’s purpose?
Do I summarize my argument for my readers?
Do I answer the question “So what, who cares?”
Do I tie all of my points together?
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