Chapter 7 Study Guide
Annotated Bibliography (Deeper)
An annotated bibliography is a list of citations to books, articles, and documents. Each citation is followed by a brief descriptive and evaluative paragraph, the annotation. The purpose of the annotation is to inform the reader of the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited.
Bibliography
a list of the books referred to in a scholarly work, usually printed as an appendix.
Evaluative Annotation
adds the authors critique or assessment of the work, including comments about the source's rhetorical context, strengths and weaknesses, and value (only including how you feel about the source, not summarizing it at all)
Analyze
means to divide or dissolve the whole into its parts, examine the parts carefully, look at their relationships, and then use this understanding of the parts to better understand the whole
Credibility of Photographers
photographer's power to shape reality is enhanced by various strategies (on page 245): staging images, altering images, being selective (Cropping), mislabeling images, constructing images
Summary-Only Annotation
provides a capsule of the source's contents without any additional comments from the bibliographies author (not putting in your own feelings about the work)
Window Effect
provides visions of the future, promises of who we will become or what will happen if we align ourselves with this brand.
Mirror Effect
refers to the way in which the ad mirrors the target audience's self image, promoting identification with the ad's message. "I have this problem" (pimples, boring hair, etc.) makes the audience relate to the issue.
Bibliographic Citation
should follow the conventions of your assigned documentation style such as MLA or APA
Annotated Bibliography (Book Def.)
summarizes and briefly critiques the research sources a writer used while exploring a problem.
Visual Literacy
your awareness of the importance of visual communication and your ability to interpret or make meaning out of images by examining their visual features