Lack Of Financial Freedom

English 1100

Research Essay Proposal with Annotated Bibliography

Due: Tuesday, July 12^th 2022

The Paper Proposal

The goal of a paper proposal is to convince your instructor that you will be able to write a persuasive and well supported essay on your chosen topic. While brief (approximately one page), your paper proposal should introduce your research topic, indicate your research question, explain why your topic is important or relevant, describe your research process, and review the existing literature.

Step 1: Begin by introducing your topic with one or two focussed sentences. You may also choose to include relevant contextual information.

Step 2: This information should be followed by your research question (i.e. what you want to find out about your topic) and your explanation of why your topic is important or relevant.

Step 3: Next, you want to describe how you plan to answer your research question. Since this is a research paper, your answer will mostly likely be something along the lines of “by doing research!” Tell your reader how this process is going: What kind of sources have you found? What sources are you looking for? Have you encountered any difficulties in your research so far?

Step 4: Finally, briefly review the existing literature. Use signal language to indicate author names and central arguments. Use the appropriate transitional words or phrases to indicate the connections between your sources.

The Annotated Bibliography

On a separate page, create an annotated bibliography, formatted according to MLA guidelines. A bibliography (or Works Cited) is a list of sources you have used, or will use, in your research. An annotated bibliography includes a summary and assessment of each source.

Your research should draw on a minimum of four reliable sources. Two of your sources must be a scholarly source, but you may also use two credible popular sources that are relevant to your subject and help build your argument.

Step 1: Create your citations.

Create an accurate citation for each of your chosen sources. For information of how to format your citation, please see OWL @ Perdue Works Cited Basic Format:

https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_page_basic_format.html

Step 2: Write one annotation for each source. Annotations should be in paragraph form.

Start by introducing and summarizing your source, including the full author’s name, the source title, and a brief sentence indicating the source’s central argument. Next, briefly discuss the source’s key points.
Next, offer your assessment of the source by evaluating it. Is this source reliable? Is its argument sound? What type of evidence is used? Can you detect any biases? It may be helpful to consider some of the questions included in the “Critical Reading Questionnaire.”
Finally, in one or two sentences, reflect on how/whether this source is helpful and or relevant to your research. Will you be using this source in your final paper?

Paper Proposal and Annotated Bibliography Rubric	Below Criteria	Meets Criteria	Above Criteria
Proposal Your proposal effectively introduces your topic, research question, and why your research is important and/or relevant to the ongoing academic conversation. Your proposal also outlines your research process and provides a brief literature review. There is a clear through line connecting these five components. Your proposal convinces me that you will be able to write a persuasive and well-supported argumentative paper on your topic. Your proposal is approximately one page.
Annotated Bibliography Your annotated bibliography includes three relevant and reliable sources on your topic. Each source has an accurate citation and an annotation. Each annotation introduces and summarizes one source, including the full author’s name, title, central argument, and relevant main points. Each annotation also offers an effective assessment and reflection of that source. The connection between each source and your chosen topic is clear and your annotations convince me that you have a firm grasp on the content of each article.
Organization Your Proposal and Annotated Bibliography are on separate pages. Content is organized in a way that is easy for your reader to follow. Your proposal synthesizes your source material using appropriate transition language, rather than merely creating a list.
Formatting and Citation Your document is formatted according to MLA guidelines. You use intext citations consistently and appropriately. Your citations are formatted according to MLA guidelines.
Expression: You write clear and complete sentences that follow the rules of grammar and punctuation. You use words correctly and your phrasing is clear and concise. You have used a writing style appropriate for your audience.

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