An annotated works cited page also includes a
summary of the resource you have included. This is also sometimes
referred to as an Annotated Bibliography. To created an
annotated works cited page, you must summarize each resource - such as a
book, an article, or a website - in a few concise sentences. Each
summary is usually between three and six sentences long, it must be
written in complete sentences. Each annotation should begin on the
next line after the final period of the citation. You should skip a
space between citations so that it is visually obvious where the next
citation begins.
Example:
Works Cited
Booker, Keith M. A
Practical Introduction to Literary Theory and Criticism. White
Plains, New York: Longman
Publishers, 1996.
This textbook summarizes and
explains in clear language ten contemporary theories regarding the reading
of literature. This volume includes explanations of New,
Psychoanalytical, Reader-Response, Deconstructive, Marxist, Feminist,
Bakhtinian, Foucauldian, New Historicist, and Multicultural Literary
Criticism. The book also includes examples of essays that apply each of
these critical approaches.
Gardner, Michael.
“Gov. Davis Had Time to Spare.” San Diego
Union Tribune:
SignonSanDiego.com.
18 October 2001. 20 October 2001
<http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20011018-9999_1n18bills.html>.
This article explains how Governor Gray Davis
faced a last
minute marathon work session, forcing him to sign almost one hundred bills
before a legislative deadline. According to the article, Davis
hadn't realized the deadline was only 24 hours away. However, other
sources insist Davis had
plenty of time to consider each bill with care.
Quittner, Joshua. “The
Thrill of Drudge Work.” Time 16 June 1997: 67.
This article satirizes
the nature of our daily lives and the chores we have become accustomed to
doing. Chores such as taking out the trash and cleaning the bathroom are
becoming moments that we can use to escape the rat race and the pressures of
our jobs and responsibilities, even if it is only for a few minutes. The
author shows the psychological research that supports his claim, though his
conclusions seem a bit illogical.
Thompson, Smith.
The Folktale. New York: Dryden, 1946.
This book is a comprehensive survey of the most popular folk tales in
America. It includes the history of these tales and their uses in
literary works. Coverage begins with tales from the 17th century and includes
contemporary folk tales, as well as Native American stories.
Wolf, Stacy.
“Re/Presenting Gender, Re/Presenting Violence: Feminism, Form and the
Plays of Maria Irene Fornes.”
Theater Studies. 37 (1992) :
17-31.
This article focuses
on the idea that the presentation of male violence towards women in the
media may not exactly cause more violence, but it does legitimize it as an
accepted part of our society. The author mentions Strindberg’s article
“Forward to Miss Julie," as well as several plays that depict male
violence.
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