SAMPLE ANNOTATED WORKS CITED

For each citation, include a thoughtful paragraph that includes the following information:
  • Describe the content (focus) of the source
  • Describe the usefulness of the source for your speech
  • Evaluate the reliability of the source.
Example: For a speech on famous African American authors

White, Evelyn. Alice Walker: A Life. London: W.W. Norton and Company, 2004.

This book extensively describes the life of Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker. This source proved helpful for the second main point of my speech in which I highlight modern African American authors. The author, Evelyn C. White, is widely published, having written for Smithsonian, Essence and Ms. Magazine, and is a visiting scholar at Mills college in Oakland, California.