How to Annotate a Text

Question 1

note

Answer 1

• ask questions
• make notations
• trust your own style
• vary circling, highlighting, underlining, and boxing
• use margins strategically
• summarize the text
• mark up your own text

Question 2

x trusting your style

which example demonstrates the marked technique?

Answer 2

i think that using different colored pens help me key in the one aspect of analysis

Question 3

x using double entry notes

which example demonstrates the marked technique?

Answer 3

on another paper, (in a T chart) i jot argument ideas on the left and efficacy on the right

Question 4

x using double entry notes

which example demonstrates the marked technique?

Answer 4

the t-chart allows me to have a central location to keep my thoughts on the rhetorical efficacy

Question 5

x underlining, circling, highlighting

which example demonstrates the marked technique?

Answer 5

per the instructor, i annotate with a purpose - without randomly circling or highlighting

Question 6

x asking questioning

which example demonstrates the marked technique?

Answer 6

i wonder why the author repeated that term? i wonder if the author meant that parallel syntax?

Question 7

x summarizing text

which example demonstrates the marked technique?

Answer 7

sometimes a chunk of text can be hard to understand, so I rewrite it in words that make sense to me

Question 8

x margin notes

which example demonstrates the marked technique?

Answer 8

i write the ideas that strike me in the blank space along the sides of the text

Question 9

x trusting your style

which example demonstrates the marked technique?

Answer 9

my 7th grade teacher taught me an elaborate system of annotation that helps me take better notes

Question 10

x using double entry notes

which example demonstrates the marked technique?

Answer 10

i write ideas on a separate document, with two columns, instead of marking the actual text

Question 11

x trusting your style

which example demonstrates the marked technique?

Answer 11

i’ve found that i remember symbols better - so i’ve developed a host of icons that make sense to me