Annotated Bibliography, Audience Analysis, and Proposal

Annotated Bibliography, Audience Analysis, and Proposal

Paper 3: Annotated Bibliography, Audience Analysis, and Proposal

This assignment focuses on the work that forms the foundation of a research project. You get to continue surveying the current literature on your subject, decide for whom you will be writing, and then lay out how your objectives and how the project will proceed.

Annotated Bibliography 

First, locate 5 credible, respected (probably peer reviewed) sources from within your discipline’s published writing in your field or discipline. Read, annotate, and take notes on these texts; then, create your reference page – properly format it now so you won’t have to later. 

After you have a reference page formatted according to your discipline’s citation style, you get to create an annotated bibliography! 

Use this as a guide for writing your annotated bibliography: 

The annotated bibliography is different from the works cited page in that you must provide a brief, 4-sentence summary beneath each entry: 

Sentence 1: Introduce author and article title and the author’s thesis. Use the ICE Method.  (ICE method – Introduce, Cite, Explain) 

Sentence 2: Explain how the author supports his/her thesis/argument. 

Sentence 3: Explain why the author wrote the article. What is their purpose? What are they trying to accomplish? 

Sentence 4: Explain how the author’s article is relevant to your own research. How will you use the source? 

References Practice: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yL0AE35Usw3Yq_4MpVdtZ1NK8YNK9TguuFLgpwUjjvs/edit?usp=sharing

 

APA Style Guide (Purdue Online Writing Lab): https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html 

Chicago Style Guide (Purdue Online Writing Lab): https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/chicago_manual_17th_edition/cmos_formatting_and_style_guide/chicago_manual_of_style_17th_edition.html 

Audience Analysis 

Next, you have the opportunity to choose to whom you will be writing in Paper 4. Keeping in mind your chosen topic as well as  your field or discipline, compose a brief but thorough audience analysis.

Slides from class workshop (guidance for audience analysis & proposal): https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rBCwpv7UK3nYtEQJQJ5JVk2PZFzbIqksaPqgtok6f_Y/edit?usp=sharing 

In-depth information for audience analysis; workforce/non-academia focus: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/subject_specific_writing/professional_technical_writing/audience_analysis/index.html 

Proposal

After you have created an annotated bibliography and conducted an audience analysis, you must complete a project proposal in preparation for Paper 4. The proposal should fit the writing conventions of your field (this will likely require some research), and I must approve it before you begin working on Paper 4.

Slides from class workshop (guidance for audience analysis & proposal): https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rBCwpv7UK3nYtEQJQJ5JVk2PZFzbIqksaPqgtok6f_Y/edit?usp=sharing 

Documentation

Use your discipline’s conventional documentation style (e.g., MLA; APA; Chicago) consistently to attribute information and expression of ideas to your sources.