sheridancollege engl10102 english essay annotated bibliography

1.
Outline, outline, outline!

Take a look at your annotated bibliography and presentation. Remember that your presentation was designed to answer the main questions/address the key components of your research essay. You will basically be taking that presentation and using the annotated bibliography to fill in the blanks.

HINT: I typically prefer to work in themes: I find they key ideas/questions/themes that emerged in my annotated bibliography and decide which order I must address those topics in my body paragraphs.

Consider how you will create flow and logical order with(in) paragraphs. For example, you should define any scope, parameters, and concepts early in the paper so that the reader can focus on your discussion and not on guessing/hunting for information

Equally important to the idea of a paragraph’s development is the matter of the paragraph’s arrangement. Paragraphs are arranged differently for different purposes. For example, if you are writing a history paper and wish to summarize a sequence of events, you of course will arrange your information chronologically. If you are writing a paper for an art history course in which you want to describe a painting or a building, then you will perhaps choose to arrange your information spatially. If you are writing a paper for a sociology course in which you have been asked to observe the behaviors of shoppers at a supermarket, you might want to arrange your ideas by working from the specific to the general.

2.
Start the Rough Draft

Use your outline and annotated bibliography to guide you as you move through your first draft.
Remember that your goal is to find connections between your sources and be able to discuss those connections and their implications for your topic.
This will be your analysis/so what?/significance and should connect back to your larger thesis.

Your first body paragraph
may
wish to address/acknowledge the opposing and/or alternative viewpoints so that you get that out of the way and can avoid interrupting the flow of your discussion.

HINT: Consider using assistive technologies like
Dragon Naturally Speaking
if you have a hard time keeping up with the thoughts you have as you are typing.
HINT: Consult the tutors and/or librarians for help if you need writing support.

3.
Edit, Revise, and Submit

Review the rubric do you have all the components? Is your paper formatted/referenced properly in APA?

HINT: Put your paper into
Kurzweil
or other assistive technologies to help you with the editing process.

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