3 Research Sources for Lyrical Essay

Please make a new entry in your Lyrical Essay Notes document titled "3 Research Sources for Lyrical Essay." Paste screenshots of your Diigo library or handwritten notes, or simply take direct notes on your sources on this document. Here are your instructions: 

Gather and annotate 3 initial research sources for a potential lyrical essay subject. The purpose of this early phase of your research is to define the subject you are initially planning to write about and gather several different types of sources which will give you different kinds of information and perspectives on the subject. Like David Foster Wallace, you may find that what you initially planned to write about will shift as you investigate your subject and discover new and compelling facts, narratives, and potential metaphors. 

Here's what you need to prepare for Wednesday's class:

• Gather and Annotate 3 Varied Research Sources:
  • "Gather" means you will record the publication information / links of five sources for future reference (this will come in handy when you need to build your bibliography eventually).
  • "Annotate" means you take notes on each source. You may use any annotation method with which you feel most comfortable: an online annotation tool (such as Diigo), a Google doc w/comments, or handwritten notes in your Writer's Notebook. (See Annotation Directions below) 
  • "Varied" means more than one type of source. Here are some different types of sources you may find useful for this project: news articles, original works of art, speeches, manuscripts, letters, historical accounts, music recordings, interviews, records, eyewitness accounts, photographs, autobiographies, poetry, other lyrical essays, statistical data, research articles (such as Gale or JSTOR database articles or articles from scholarly journals), clinical reports, case studies, textbooks, magazine articles, critical reviews, commentaries, encyclopedias...
• Annotation Directions: 
  • For each source, identify at least one FACT about your subject
  • For each source, ask at least three QUESTIONS in response to specific facts or perspectives you find intriguing about your subject and want to learn more about.  
  • In at least one source, identify an image (visual or otherwise) that could serve as a metaphor for your subject.