British Literature Survey
Reference Pages: Assignment Guidelines

Encyclopedia-Style Entries for Reference Page
Purpose: to provide a concise overview of your assigned topic
Audience: your peers (an "outsider," non-professional audience unfamiliar with the topic)
Writing Foci: concision, "logos"

Research your topic in Davis library, my office (Greenlaw 405), and online. Create a compact (200-250 word) encyclopedia-style entry on your assigned topic, using 4-5 sources. Do not paraphrase bits from various sources. Instead, familiarize yourself thoroughly with the topic, and then create your own summary with supporting evidence from a variety of sources.

Hit all the high points, providing appropriate (but brief) supporting examples. Your group and others from the class will reference and quote your short essay, so make it professional in content and voice.

Conclude with an MLA-style Works Cited section that lists each of the sources you used (whether you directly quoted them or not).

Paul Marchbanks
marchban@email.unc.edu