Tribute Speech MLA Annotated Bibliography Template

Assignment:  Collect at least two articles from the Oakton Community College Virtual Library to use as supporting material for your Persuasive Tribute Speech assignment.  Submit an MLA Annotated Bibliography of ALL the sources used in the research of your Tribute Speech.  You must have a minimum of 3 sources; at least two sources must be from the Oakton Virtual Library.

Using the Oakton Community College Virtual Library, collect at least two research articles for your Tribute Speech from any combination of these databases:

· Magazines & Journals (i.e. )

· Newspapers (i.e. )

· Encyclopedias (i.e. )

· Pro-Con (i.e. )

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Create an MLA 8 Annotated Bibliography listing ALL the sources you will use for supporting material in your Tribute Speech:

· You must have a minimum of 3 sources; at least two sources must be from the Oakton Virtual Library.

· To create your document, use the "Tribute MLA 8 Annotated Bibliography Template," starting below this assignment description.

· For additional examples, see .

What should you include in each citation?

Each citation entry should begin with an MLA 8 citation for that article.  In the paragraph following the article, answer these questions:

1. Where did I find this article – i.e. Oakton Library, Google Search? If it is an Oakton Library source, which database did you use to find it?  If it is a print source, where did you find it?

2. What are the qualifications of the author?  If there is no author listed, why is the source qualified to write the article?

3. What is the main idea of the article?  Give a brief summary.

4. How can you use the information from the article as supporting material for your speech – i.e. statistics, examples, testimony, etc.?  (See Chapter 8.)

Submit the annotated bibliography as a PDF or Word document to the appropriate folder in D2L Assignments.

Point Values:

· 2 required Oakton Library articles x 5 points = 10 points

· MLA 8 Annotated Bibliography (minimum of 3 sources) = 10 points

Check the syllabus content calendar for the submission due dates for the Tribute Speech annotated bibliography.

This sample template, found on the next pages, was adapted from the following source:

"MLA Style Guide, 8th Edition: MLA Annotated Bibliography." Lib Guides. Indian River State

College, 25 April 2019, . Accessed 8 June 2019.

MLA 8 Annotated Bibliography Template

Kunal Shah

Professor Mary Ringstad

SPE – 103

Date- 03/27/22

Topic: Sir David Attenborough

Thesis: How to save our planet earth from being lost

Annotated Bibliography

By, Verity Sulway. "Ways David Attenborough cheated death -stabbed, knocked unconscious and killer wave". mirror.co.uk, January 5, 2022 Wednesday. oaktonlibrary.oakton.edu:2837/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:64G2-DNV1-JBNF-W0WC-00000-00&context=1516831. Accessed March 28, 2022.

This is an article from Nexis Uni, found in the articles and newspapers from Oakton Sources. The author of this article is Verity Sulway who is a features writer at Mirror.co.uk and also works for TV and Showbiz news, social media. The author in this article talks how David Attenborough has dedicated his career for eight-decades in wildlife and always surrounded by the wildlife creatures. I will use this article to explain his documentary work and the challenges he faced while filming for all these years in different locations.

"David Attenborough." Britannica Academic, Encyclopædia Britannica, 17 Dec. 2020. . Accessed 22 Mar. 2022.

This article is from Britannica Academic where it describes the life and work of David Attenborough. There is no known author to this article but mainly it describes the career of him and his work in the wildlife and documentaries. I will use this information in my speech where it describes his work and his narration to the documentaries.

Shukman, By David. “Climate Change: Sir David Attenborough in ‘act Now’ Warning.” BBC News, 26 Oct. 2021, www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59039485.

This article is from BBC.com which is published by author David Shukman where David Attenborough explains and give warning regarding climate change. David Shukman is British Journalist and former science editor of BBC news. In this article there is graphical information about the increase in temperature globally which leads to global warming. I am going to use this information and describe why David Attenborough is concerned about climate change and its effects and how he is inspiring the youth and the next generation to work on to improve and save the wildlife from extinction.