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Annotating

Annotating. What is it?. Annotating is a fancy word for note-taking on the text, and it is a way to slow down the reading process and to help you engage with a work so that you better understand it. Some students don't annotate because they want to read for pleasure only.

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Annotating

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  1. Annotating

  2. What is it? Annotating is a fancy word for note-taking on the text, and it is a way to slow down the reading process and to help you engage with a work so that you better understand it. Some students don't annotate because they want to read for pleasure only. Reading for pleasure is important; the first time you read a text that you do so for enjoyment and basic understanding. After you've read the piece through once, though, take notes in the margins in subsequent readings to more actively dialog with the text.

  3. What is it? (con’t) When annotating a text, you basically • write questions, comments or phrases in the margins; • underline, circle, box, or star words or sentences that strike you; • highlight the text with different colored markers; • and/or use different colored post-it notes to mark impressions of the text.

  4. Your own system… After annotating texts for a while, you'll develop your own system, which helps you analyze the piece. When you get to the exploring stage, you can look at your annotations and use the information you marked to formulate or even support your topic (as in using it for a writing assignment).

  5. Some typical topics to annotate: Facts • First mention of character's names, settings, dates • Words to be looked up in the dictionary • Relationships among characters

  6. Some typical topics… General Details • Descriptions that seem important: they might give a key character trait, summation of a main point, or signal of a writer's attitude about a subject • Patterns that occur: events, movement, structural changes • Sentences that seem to express a particular idea really well

  7. Some typical topics: Personal connections • Sections that remind you of experiences in your own life • People that are similar to people you know • Social issues that are important to you (poverty, civil rights, freedom, fairness, etc.) • Spots which create a strong emotional response in you as a reader

  8. Some typical topics… Literary Devices • Examples of setting, symbols, stage direction, etc. • literal spots vs. figurative spots • Uses of irony

  9. Annotating: Summary Annotating is an important skill to employ if you want to read critically. Successful critical readers read with a pencil in their hand, making notes in the text as they read. Instead of reading passively, they create an active relationship with what they are reading by "talking back" to the text in its margins. You may want to make the following annotations as you read:

  10. Annotating: Summary • Mark the Thesis and Main Points of the Piece • Mark, Underline, or Circle Key Terms and Unfamiliar Words • Underline Important Ideas and Memorable Images • Write Your Questions and/or Comments in the Margins of the Piece

  11. Annotating: Summary • Write any Personal Experience Related to the Piece • Mark Confusing Parts of the Piece, or Sections that Warrant a Reread • Underline the Sources, if any, the Author has Used KEEP YOUR “NOTE MAKING” SIMPLE…

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