Kamrass

AP Language & Composition

ELIC – Research: Annotated Bibliography

Purpose

In Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, Oskar refers to a number of historical, current, and pop culture events. This project will help you better understand the text because you will better understand several of these references and allusions.

As you will complete an annotated bibliography, it will also hone your skills with MLA (and its new format this year). Of course, assistive technology helps as we will use Noodletools to document work and produce the final product.

Centering and Synthesis:

Pretend you need to research the allusions and content of this novel for a class presentation. For this, you need to explain why Safran Foer chosesthese references and allusions? How does do they contribute to the reader’s understanding of the novel including its characters and themes?

Product

First, of course, you need to find reliable sources.

→Create a five-source (minimum) annotated bibliography that documents reliable sources for each subject area indicated in the following list (literary and philosophical, historical, and pop culture).

What is an annotated bibliography?
A bibliography[1] is a list of sources (books, journals, websites, periodicals, etc.) one has used for researching a topic. A bibliography usually just includes the bibliographic information (i.e., the author, title, publisher, etc.).An annotation is a summary and/or evaluation.
Therefore, an annotated bibliography[2] includes a summary and/or evaluation of each of the sources; you write these notes about them on the sheet you submit. Your annotations must include the following:

  • Summary of Main Purpose: What are the main arguments? What is the point of this book or article? What topics are covered? If someone asked what this article or book is about, what would you say? For more help, see paraphrasing sources.
  • Evaluation of Source and Qualifications of Author: Is it a useful source? How does it compare with other sources in your bibliography? Is the information reliable? Is this source biased or objective? What is the goal of this source? Who is the author, and why are they qualified to write about this topic? For more help, see evaluating resources.
  • Relation to Other Works: How is this source similar to other information on the topic? To other information you have read? How does it differ from an opposing viewpoint?
  • Reflection: Once you've summarized and assessed a source, you need to ask how it fits into your research. Was this source helpful to you? How does it help you shape your argument? How can you use this source in your research project? Has it changed how you think about your topic?

Read through this link, as well:

Please choose topics, people, etc. that you are unfamiliar with.

Literary and Philosophical References – choose one

  • Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time (referenced throughout)
  • William Shakespeare, Hamlet (referenced throughout)
  • Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay (5.12)
  • F. Scott Fitzgerald (7.60)
  • Elie Wiesel (7.80)
  • Susan Sontag (7.87)
  • Ovid, The Metamorphosis (10.1)

Historical References – two are required, choose one more (total of 3)

  • REQUIRED - The bombing of Dresden (referenced throughout) – find at least two sources for this
  • [September 11, 2001 (referenced throughout) – We already explored this with the documentary]
  • Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, "The Flight of the Bumblebee" (1.6)
  • REQUIRED - Theunsolved Chandra Levy murder case(1.26)
  • Alexander Graham Bell (1.33, 5.57)
  • The Mona Lisa(5.1)
  • Thomas Edison (5.57)
  • Benjamin Franklin (5.57)
  • Henry Ford (5.57)
  • Eli Whitney (5.57)
  • George Washington Carver (5.57)
  • Nikola Tesla (5.57)
  • The Wright Brothers (5.57)
  • J. Robert Oppenheimer (5.57)
  • Kofi Annan (5.60)
  • Former French President Jacques Chirac (5.60)
  • E.O. Wilson (5.60)
  • Bill Gates (5.60)
  • Vladimir Putin (5.60)
  • Pablo Picasso (7.49)
  • Winston Churchill (7.60, 7.64)
  • Walter Cronkite (7.64)
  • The Bay of Pigs (7.64)
  • Kent State (7.64)
  • Ayatollah Khomeini (7.64)
  • Leon Trotsky (7.64)
  • The Berlin Wall (7.64)
  • Frank Lloyd Wright (7.64)
  • The Spanish Civil War (7.64)
  • Henry Kissinger (7.70)
  • Che Guevara (7.72)
  • Mahatma Gandhi (7.75)
  • Ariel Sharon (7.84)
  • Yasir Arafat (7.86)
  • Pope John Paul II (7.91)
  • Mohamed Atta(7.95)
  • Claude Debussy,Sunken Cathedral(7.105)
  • Joseph Stalin (7.112)
  • The Great Depression (13.93)
  • Antonin Scalia (15.4)

Pop Culture References – choose one from this group

  • The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" (1.1)
  • The Beatles "I Am the Walrus" (1.36, 15.88, 17.155)
  • Ringo Starr (3.17)
  • Siegfried and Roy (5.60)
  • Weird Al Yankovic (5.60)
  • Gone with the Wind(7.64)
  • Grace Kelly (7.64)
  • Hula hoops (7.64)
  • The Beatles, "Something in the Way She Moves" (7.65)
  • Jeff Bezos (7.73)
  • Arthur Ashe (7.78)
  • Tom Cruise (7.79)
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger (7.81)
  • Martha Stewart (7.82)
  • Mick Jagger (7.85)
  • Wolfgang Puck (7.88)
  • Marilyn Monroe (7.94)
  • The Beatles, "Eleanor Rigby" (7.108)
  • Emma Watson (9.33)
  • Harry Potter(9.33)
  • The Beatles, "Hey Jude" (9.107)
  • An Affair to Remember(13.97)
  • Sleepless in Seattle(13.97)
  • Donald Trump (17.12)
  • Barbie (17.13)

Rubric for Evaluation of Annotated Bibliography/Information Literacy:

Criteria / Accomplished (3)
Points (100-88%) / Competent (2)
Points (87-75%) / Developing (1)
Points (74-60%)
(Citation)
Identifies bibliographic information in citations / Citations correctly identify bibliographic information such as author, title, source, publisher, and date. / Citations have minor errors in the identification of bibliographic information such as author, title, source, publisher, and date. / Citations have major errors in the identification of bibliographic information such as author, title, source, publisher, and date.
(Citation)
Cites sources correctly using a referencing style / Citations are free of grammatical, spelling, formatting, or stylistic errors. / Citations have minor grammatical, spelling, formatting, or stylistic errors. / Citations have major grammatical, spelling, formatting, or stylistic errors.
(Annotation)
Relevance:
Identifies content /main purpose of sources
/ Addresses usefulness for research topic of all sources. Demonstrates sophisticated level of critical thinking in stating how source adds to general knowledge on research topic. / Attempts to address usefulness for research topic of most sources. Tends towards summary rather than higher level critical thinking in stating how source adds to general knowledge on research topic. / Does not clearly address usefulness for research topic of most sources. Does not demonstrate higher level critical thinking in stating how source adds to general knowledge on research topic.
(Annotation)
Relevance:
Identifies intended audience
/ Presents clear indication of intended audience for all sources. / Presents clear indication of intended audience most of the time, but not for all sources. / Indication of intended audience lacks clarity for most to all sources.
(Annotation)
Authority:
Identifies authority of author / Clearly presents author qualifications and whether the source has been cited by others for all sources. / Clearly presents author qualifications and whether the source has been cited by others for most (but not all) sources. / Presentation of author qualifications and whether the source has been cited by otherslacks clarity for most to all sources.
(Annotation)
Accuracy:
Recognizes if claims were supported by evidence / Presents clear analysis of whether claims are supported by evidence (citations/endnotes/ bibliography/ references) for all sources. / Presents clear analysis of whether claims are supported by evidence (citations/ endnotes/ bibliography/
references) for most (but not all) sources. / Analysis of whether claims are supported by evidence (citations/ endnotes/ bibliography/
references) lacks clarity for most to all sources.
(Annotation)
Rationale:
Recognizes author bias/intentions / Presents clear analysis of author bias/intentions for all sources. / Presents clear analysis of author bias/intentions for most (but not all) sources. / Analysis of author bias/intentions lacks clarity for most to all sources.

[1]Purdue Online Writing Lab

[2] Adapted from Cornell University Library