Annotated Bibliography Test

Annotated Bibliography Summative Test

Multiple Choice

In an MLA annotated bibliography, what should you write first?

• The details about the book or article.
• The page number where you found the information.
• A personal opinion about the topic.
• A summary of another book not used in your research.

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to start working on your annotated bibliography early in your research?

• To have enough time to read and understand your sources well.
• So you can quickly write it all the night before it's due.
• To show the teacher you can write a lot.
• To spend less time on other homework.

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to explain why each source is relevant in your annotated bibliography?

• To help the reader understand the source’s importance to your topic.
• To make the bibliography longer.
• To use up all the information you found.
• To make the source look more interesting.

Multiple Choice

What should you look for to decide if a source is good to use in your research?

• The source’s reliability, relevance, and possible bias.
• The length of the source.
• How old the source is.
• The number of pictures in the source.

Multiple Choice

Why do you need to summarize the information from your sources in an annotated bibliography?

• To clearly share the main ideas without changing their meaning.
• Because it is easier than writing full details.
• To fill up space in your bibliography.
• To make the writing process faster.

Multiple Choice

What does having good writing skills help you do in an annotated bibliography?

• Express your thoughts clearly and logically.
• Write without any grammar mistakes only.
• Use complex vocabulary to impress the reader.
• Write very long paragraphs about each source.

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to organize your sources well when creating an annotated bibliography?

• To avoid plagiarism and keep your information accurate.
• So you can finish your work quicker.
• To make your bibliography look neat.
• To use fewer sources in your work.

Multiple Choice

Why should you start early on your annotated bibliography?

• To have enough time to read, summarize, and critique each source properly.
• So you can work less each day.
• To impress the teacher by finishing early.
• To have more free time before the deadline.

Practice MLA Citations

The Task

You are researching a career as a cinematographer. You are using the following website as a source. Your task is to cite it correctly in MLA 9. Click here to access the page. On the next page, you will need to site the source. (Hint, use the web tool we have discussed to make your citation correctly).