Learning Center - Study Skills

When you annotate a text, you are making notes on the text (whether the text is digital or paper) and engaging in a conversation with the information.  Annotations may be

• marks or symbols that draw your attention to a certain passage
• comments in places interest or confusion
• reflections or insights that come to mind

The annotations you make should be meaningful to you, so that you can use them later when you are:

• pulling evidence for a research paper or project
• studying core concepts, theories, and terms for a test
• recalling important information for class discussion
• learning new concepts that build on the current information

Here is one example of annotated text, so you can get a sense for what this process looks like:

When annotating a text, consider the following Keys to Success:

When you've finished annotating the text: