Please make the thesis stronger and follow below intructions.
Annotated Bibliography peer review
Make sure you check the requirements for your Annotated Bibliography assignment,
Briefly identify your topic and the thesis statement (you need to have a working thesis statement) for the research proposal.
Rough draft must contain at least 4 entries.
All entries must be scholarly sources ( academic books, journal articles, academic interviews, etc.) that you locate using library databases or New York Times.
All entries must contain an MLA style citation.
All entries must directly state the connection to your research proposal
The annotation must include BOTH a brief descriiption of the main argument of the source and a concise evaluation of the resource as it pertains to the topic.
What is the MLA format?
The format was developed by the Modern Language Association as a consistent way of
documenting sources used in academic writing. MLA style is most commonly used to cite sources
within the language arts, cultural studies, and other humanities disciplines.
On page 588, you can find an example of a Research Paper based on the 8th ed. of the MLA style.
Check it out to see the correct formatting.
In-text or parenthetical citations
Regardless of whether you are quoting, paraphrasing, summarizing a source, or using a secondary
source (explanations follow), you must acknowledge the source in your essay. This source should be
acknowledged using either a parenthetical or in-text citation.
What are in-text citations?
A citation shows the reader of your essay where you found your information, facts, quotes, and
research. Citations are included in the body of an essay when you add a quote into your text.
Citations are also included in the body when you’re paraphrasing another individual’s information.
These citations that are found in the body of a research paper are called in-text, or parenthetical
citations. These citations are found directly after the information that was borrowed and are very
brief in order to avoid becoming distracted while reading a project.
MLA format follows the author-page method of in-text citation. This means that the author’s last
name and the page number(s) from which the quotation or paraphrase is taken must appear in the
text, and a complete reference should appear on your Works Cited page. The author’s name may
appear either in the sentence itself (signal phrase) or in parentheses following the quotation or
paraphrase, but the page number(s) should always appear in the parentheses, not in the text of your
sentence.
Take a look at the following examples for every variety of in-text citation:
“Intentional plagiarizers cheat themselves” (Harris 17).
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful
feelings” (263)
Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth
263).
Best and Marcus argue that one should read a text for what it says on its surface, rather than looking
for some hidden meaning (9).
The authors claim that surface reading looks at what is “evident, perceptible, apprehensible in texts”
(Best and Marcus 9).
Although some medical ethicists claim that cloning will lead to designer children (R. Miller 12),
others note that the advantages for medical research outweigh this consideration (A. Miller 46).
Murray states that writing is “a process” that “varies with our thinking style” (Write to Learn 6).
Additionally, Murray argues that the purpose of writing is to “carry ideas and information from the
mind of one person into the mind of another” (A Writer Teaches Writing 3).
Lightenor has argued that computers are not useful tools for small children (“Too Soon” 38), though
he has acknowledged elsewhere that early exposure to computer games does lead to better small
motor skill development in a child’s second and third year (“Hand-Eye Development” 17).
We see so many global warming hotspots in North America likely because this region has “more
readily accessible climatic data and more comprehensive programs to monitor and study
environmental change . . .” (“Impact of Global Warming”).
According to Franck et al., “Current agricultural policies in the U.S. are contributing to the poor
health of Americans” (327).
The authors claim that one cause of obesity in the United States is government-funded farm
subsidies (Franck et al. 327).
Ravitch argues that high schools are pressured to act as “social service centers, and they don’t do
that well” (qtd. in Weisman 259).
Include an in-text citation when you refer to, summarize, paraphrase, or quote from another source.
The purpose of an MLA in-text citation is to help readers easily find the sources in the Works Cited
page. Every source cited in the text of your paper must be listed alphabetically in your Works Cited
page. Your reader should be able to turn to the Works Cited page and easily find the bibliographic
information for every source.
A standard MLA paper requires a Works Cited page. This is the list of sources you used in your
research. It comes at the end of the paper and on a new page. It should include the same header and
pagination as the main text.
When creating your Works Cited Page, remember to:
• Begin the Works Cited on a new page, but number consecutively (i.e., if the last page of your
essay is page 3, the Works Cited is page 4)
• Alphabetize each entry by first letter
• Use italics for all titles of books, magazines, films, etc.
• You do need to include the URL on internet sources
• Put quotation marks around the titles of poems, short stories, and articles
• Indent the 2nd line, the 3rd line, and all subsequent lines of each citation
• Double-space all entries
Here is the link to publisher W.W. Norton’s 49-page PDF on MLA style. (First 10 pages are about
in-text citations; Works Cited citations begin on page 11). Please refer to it for more detailed
information and specific citations rules.
W.W. Norton MLA 8th Edition
