Paityn Kappesser
UWRT 1102
May 5, 2017
Major Assignment 3 Reflection
Major assignment 3 was pretty hard for me, honestly. I have never dealt with an
annotated bibliography before so I really didnt know what to expect. I went into this with
the mindset that it would be really difficult and I wouldnt figure out how to get it done. I
looked at examples of an annotated bibliography to prepare myself for what was to
come, but I figured I would never fully understand how to do it until I tried. I began
writing my first one and realized that it really isnt as hard as I was making it out to be. I
simply looked for resources revolving around my topic and began to create a brief
summary on them after thoroughly reading them.
I didnt really have a strategy or a plan in going about this but I know that one of
my weaknesses was finding 10 articles or sources that revolved around my thesis. I had
a really hard time because I was looking for resources that were completely different
from each other, not realizing that they could be similar as long as each one had at least
one different or new aspect to offer. It challenged my thoughts of the American identity
because I got to see multiple different perspectives on it and its affect on gender roles
in America. I think that thoughts on gender roles in the 19th and 20th century were
expanded when I did all of this research because there were many perspectives I never
even thought about. Overall, this was a good first experience using annotated
bibliographies and I have a lot of confidence that I will be able to continue doing them in
my future writing career.