What is the correct way to write an annotated bibliography?
Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:31 pm
For my free elective American Biography, I have to write annotated bibliographies of biographies in the 19th and 20th centuries. My first one was on Noah Webster and I got 60% and the second was on Joseph Smith (I didn't get that assignment back because I fell asleep in class and got kicked out so I don't know how I did, probably terrible). This week I am doing Orestes Brownson. I don't want answers to the one I'm studying just now because I haven't written it yet or finished reading the biography. We have to do it in about 200 words.
Here is the ones I have done:
OHHHH CRUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I posted this online before sending it to turn it in which digitally checks if it has been plagiarised and before submitting it as my final piece. :O oops.
I think I'm going wrong.
Here is the ones I have done:
Annotated bibliography of various Noah Webster biographies wrote:Noah Webster
Norman K. Risjord “Webster, Noah” (American National Biography Online Feb.2000)
This article gives a brief synopsis of the literary works and impact of Webster that revolutionised American English. The article is written in a formal, non emotional style which gives it the resemblance of a historical portion of information as opposed to a more novelistic biography of the life of Webster.
Nancy Piper “Noah Webster” (Genealogy Trails History Group)
A short biography of Webster’s life, contains more detail than several other similar biographies, but lacks consistency in where Webster taught, after completing his early education at Yale before going on to study Law with other biographies of similar length. This biography is still mostly fact based but contains a little more emotion than Risjord’s version, that gives a more positive appeal of Webster’s life by allowing one to come to that conclusion on their own by pointing out the difficulty in the poor educational conditions.
My favourite description of Webster’s life is the description of Harlow Giles Unger’s book “Noah Webster: The Life and Times of an American Patriot” Oct.1998. The description and title alone are so full of passion and really emphasise my thoughts and feelings of Webster. I truly believe he was a patriot for his country and an example for each of us even in our day. Unger is clearly a “hagiographer” and I totally agree with him, who couldn’t be?
OHHHH CRUD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I posted this online before sending it to turn it in which digitally checks if it has been plagiarised and before submitting it as my final piece. :O oops.
Annotate bibliography of biography of Joseph Smith wrote:Tammy Cooper 200701488. American Biography. 195 words.
Richard Lyman Bushman “Joseph Smith – Rough Stone Rolling” Alfred A. Knopf 2005.
Bushman’s biography of Joseph Smith is extensively researched, containing over 1250 sources cited. With a mix of primary and secondary sources and a vast amount of research and work, his biography is pretty darn awesome. Bushman being Mormon, one would expect another pro-Mormon “hagiography”, yet although one can see he believes in the events, he has taken a relatively objective point of view which would sway an on the fence reader either way, whilst appealing to both Mormon and non-Mormon alike. His knowledge of the history of Joseph Smith is accurate to Mormon Doctrine, yet also covers lesser known doctrine that might be considered controversial within the church. I being an on the fence Mormon found it an interesting read which helped me appreciate the lifestyle in that time a lot more, but didn’t really help me believe and more or any less but I could see that if I had more belief it would strengthen it and if I didn’t believe it would also strengthen that, yet if I had no understanding, it would increase my curiosity, which is really quite remarkable.
I think I'm going wrong.