Honors World Literature-Composition: Annotated Bibliography #1

Honors World Literature-Composition: Annotated Bibliography #1 Unit: Ancient Literature of Greece – Oedipus Rex

Directions: Complete an Annotated Bibliography entry for ONE of the following:

1. “Unlocking Mysteries of the Parthenon.” (Restoration of the 2,500-year-old temple is yielding new insights into the engineering feats of the golden age's master builders.)

Read@ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Unlocking-Mysteries-of-the- Parthenon.html

2. “Odyssey's End?: The Search for Ancient Ithaca.” ( A British researcher believes he has at last pinpointed the island to which Homer's wanderer returned.)

Read @

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/people-places/Odysseys-End-The-Search-for-Ancient-Ithaca.html

3. “True Colors.” (Call them gaudy, call them kitsch, but archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann insists his eye-popping reproductions of ancient Greek sculptures are right on target )

Read @ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/true-colors.htm

over Typing Directions: 1. Write in MLA format. After reading the information on the back page, look carefully at the way the information is typed (formatted); MLA (Modern Language Association) requires specific ways of presenting information, such as:  Type in only Times New Roman, size 12; the entire page is double spaced – no where on the page is there an extra line!  All 4 margins are 1” (you will probably need to reset your margins as default margins are often set at 1.25 inches)  The title (Annotated Bibliography: Unit I) is centered (note: no extra space before or after the title)  On the first page of all writing (and ONLY on the first page), on the left margin the heading is student’s name, teacher’s name, class, date. All is double spaces with no extra lines after it.  When you are setting up your page, make sure you go to “Page Layout” and set all 4 boxes at 0 (do not leave any number or even “auto” in one of the boxes. (If you do not have all boxes at 0, there will be a 3rd line left between paragraphs, between title and paper, before time, after heading – and you will lose points.)  Each annotation for an internet site must include the following: Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal. Volume. Issue (year): pages. .  Sample Entry: (note: the 1st line of the bibliography info is a full line, if the bibliography entry needs a 2nd line, that 2nd line is indented 2 tabs. Each bibliography entry always ends with a period.) Annotation section starts on a new line after bibliography. ______

James Smith

Honors World Literature (1st)

Mrs. Coane

April 17, 2013

Annotated Bibliography: Ancient Literature of Greece – Oedipus Rex

Lamott, Anne. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life. New York Times:< http://www .

birds/lifeinwild/lamott.html>.

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