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Sentence Starters of Annotated Bibliography Entries
When you compose your annotated bibliography, you will need to consider
each part of the bibliography. Sentence starters can help you to focus your
thoughts on these questions.
No. Parts of a Bibliography Sentence Starters
Entry
1 Citation (Please refer to the format of the APA 6
th
referencing style).
2 A short statement of the ➢ In this article, Johnson reviews . . .
author’s viewpoint, ➢ This article examines . . .
the main focus or aim of ➢ The authors describe . . .
research ➢ The author’s purpose is to challenge . . .
3 A short summary of ➢ The main ideas expressed are . . .
theory, intended ➢ Support for these claims is documented .
audience, subject . .
covered, research ➢ Smith has conducted a thorough
methods, findings, and investigation of . . .
conclusions ➢ The author’s research focuses on . . .
4 Comments on the ➢ The author provides a strong theoretical
usefulness and/or . . .
limitations of the text for ➢ The writing style considers a range of
your research audiences . . .
➢ Theories are supported by well-known
researchers in this field, such as . . .
➢ There is a lack of supporting evidence . .
.
➢ The main limitation of the website . . .
5 An evaluative comment ➢ This article is useful for my research
on the work, taking into topic . . .
account how this work ➢ Because the information is up-to-date
will fit into your research and from a reliable source . . .
on a topic ➢ It is relevant to my thesis because . . .
➢ In particular, this article will assist . . .
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