ELC550

Writing an Annotated
bibliography
 What is an
annotated
Bibliography?
 ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

• An annotated bibliography gives an account of the

research that has been done on a given topic.

• It provides a concise summary of each source and

some assessment of its value or relevance.

• An annotated bibliography may be one stage in a

larger research project, or it may be an independent
project standing on its own.
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An annotated bibliography must be:

• a competently written paragraph that is free of

plagiarism

• a well paraphrased paragraph that displays both

content and grammatical accuracy

• an eloquently written paragraph that contains a wide

range of sentence structures and vocabulary
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When writing an annotated bibliography, the following
four (4) elements need to be included:

1. Correct reference and in-text citations based on

APA format
2. An introduction
3. The main ideas in the article
4. A critical response based on the author’s
element.
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1. REFERENCE:

 Based on APA guidelines

 Include citation of sources/ author’s

detail/publication detail

 Include correct in-text citations

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2. AN INTRODUCTION

• Overview / Objective of the article

(e.g. This article written by …deals with …/The
objective of the article is to inform readers /to
persuade the general public to …)

Type of Article
(e.g. newspaper article/journal article/ magazine
article etc.)
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(3)MAIN IDEAS

•Identify the main ideas from the article

• Summarise the main ideas in the given

article

•Paraphrase all summarised main ideas

extracted from the article
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(4) CRITICAL RESPONSE

 target readership(e.g. general public/

parents/college students etc.

 author’s use of other resources/ in-text

citation/currency of research (e.g.
whether sources used are current/below
10 years)

 organisation of the article (e.g. whether

logical / appropriate supporting resources
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 reasoning (e.g. objective/biased because the
author provides adequate / inadequate
support )

 author’s tone (e.g. matter-of-

fact/neutral/angry/critical/optimistic/serious
etc.)

 author’s use of language (e.g. technical/reader-

friendly /clear / ambiguous, free of jargon etc.)
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• usefulness of the article (e.g. provides an/new insight(s)
into the issue / does not provide any insights into the
problem of ... etc.)

• strength of the article (e.g. the author provides a variety

of strong support such as research findings, expert
testimonies or expert opinions etc.)

• weakness /limitation(s) of the article (e.g. the author

provides only his personal opinion and does not provide
external support for his argument etc.)

( Other appropriate responses are accepted)

 Let’s
Practise!
1. Read the article given.
BL WK 8 ELC 550 sample Exercise
.docx
 Let’s look at a
sample
answer!

ELC 550 Sample Ans.docx

Read the passage:

i. fill in the template provided

ii. Paraphrase the supporting
details
 Read the
passage
BL WK 8 Exercises
annotation
(1).docx
 Bring your work to class.

We shall discuss it in next class.