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Proquest Learning Literature
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Research Project
This quarter you will work on a research project. The first part is an annotated works cited list. Please follow the steps and adhere to the deadlines. You will be completing most (hopefully all) of the work in class.
Here is some helpful vocabulary.
Primary source – A work written by the writer you have chosen to study.
Secondary source – A work written by someone else about the writer you have chosen or his/her work.
Annotate – to furnish with critical commentary or explanatory notes.
Annotated Works Cited List
a) Choose and American Poet. Read 4-6 poems by him/her. What theme or idea seems to be present in many of the works? Research sources that support this.
Read each article/essay/book. Take notes. Prepare a works cited list in which you evaluate 4 of your sources. You will probably find more than four sources. Please list them on your works cited list, but you do not need to annotate every source you find. You must annotate one example of each of the four types listed above. As always, your works cited list will include primary sources as well. At least three of these should be annotated.
Step 1: Read poems by 3 American poets. Choose one about whom you will do your project. Hand in a list of the poets, their poems that you read, the poet you have chosen to research further and an explanation.
Step 2: Read 4-6 poems by your poet. These poems are your primary sources. Read your primary sources. Annotate them. (Write responses, notes on them.) Decide on an idea, theme or thread that runs through these pieces.
Step 3: Find secondary sources (books, articles, videos, cds, electronic articles) about your poet/poems. Take notes on these sources.
Step 5: Write your paper using parenthetical references.
