Project Proposal & Annotated Bibliography

The second part of the assignment is the paper explaining your digital text. The paper should
provide context for your digital text’s argument, support your argument with evidence from
scholarly sources, and apply the course material to your own research on the topic you selected.
You should support your project’s argument with at least six sources, which include a
minimum of three web-based sources and three scholarly sources from the library.
The paper for this assignment is not a typical English term paper. Instead, your paper needs to
have specific sections explaining the different components to your project. Papers should be
1700-2000 words and follow MLA formatting. Your paper needs to include the following
sections (These should be clearly labeled, but feel free to personalize your titles):
• Introduction: The introductory section should provide context for the topic you selected
for your final project and set up your argument. Explain what questions exist about your
topic and what aspects of it have not been explored with a rhetorical approach. Your
introduction also needs to state and briefly describe your rhetorical approach, include
your thesis statement, and provide a preview of the evidence you will use to support
your claims.
• Primary Argument: This section will more closely resemble the “typical” body section
of a traditional paper. You will need to lay out the elements of your argument in a clear
and cohesive fashion. Each paragraph should discuss one of the main ideas relating to
your project’s argument and explain how/why the evidence supports your claim(s). Be
sure to also include logical transitions between paragraphs to show how the different
aspects of your argument connect together.