#Annotation

[political-us]

[wedarkacademia]

Yesterday I was the Moon by Noor Unnahar

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[riesenfeldcenter]

Manicule thumb war?

So many manicules! These little drawn hands are a favorite annotation that points to something of note in the text. We found a bunch in this 1531 copy of Christopher Saint Germain’s The Secunde Dyalogue in Englyssh bytwene a Doctour of Dyvynytye (divinity) and a Student in the Lawes of England.

What we really want to know is what do you think is happening in the second image? A thumb war? Or just a handshake?

[lupusmaxima]

2025/02/07

four winters after i read the odyssey for class, i begin the iliad. i lost all my notes from first year, so i guess i’ll have to do a reread

[literaryvein-reblogs]

oh my god :((( i saw your academic/scientific writing post and thank you! my lecturer keeps telling us to 'comment' on paragraphs or papers and i just have no idea what she means??? I've tried looking at other papers and i just don't understand?? i was wondering if you or any of your followers could help? xxx

It sounds to me your lecturer might mean annotating to add your own comments/opinions on the article you're reading.

Writing Notes: Annotation

Annotation - to actively engage a text by pausing to reflect, mark up, and add notes as you read.

The simplest way to annotate:

Mark: Key words; Phrases; Passages...

...By: Highlighting; Underlining; Bracketing; Placing symbols

Steps to Annotating a Scientific Paper

Locate each of the components (Abstract, Introduction, etc.)

Identify unfamiliar words in these sections that are important to understanding the research.

Define the unfamiliar words.

Annotate each section by summarizing the main idea or paraphrasing important sentences.

Ways annotating improves reading:

Avoid having to re-read as often

Monitor and improve your comprehension

Remember what you’ve read

Reasons for writing notes in the margins:

Identify key ideas and help you remember them

Comment on what you are reading

Question what you are reading

Answer guide questions you previously wrote

Take notes for a class, prepare for a presentation, book club or any other occasion: You can make your annotations as simple or elaborate as you want. For instance, you can use different color highlighters or sticky notes to color code the text for different things such as:

comments and questions

observations

text you want to quote

use of themes

vocabulary words to look up

Reader Annotations

You can go beyond marking up text and write notes on your reaction to the content or on its connection with other works or ideas. A reader might annotate a book, paper, pamphlet. or other texts for the following reasons:

a student noting important ideas from the content by highlighting or underlining passages in their textbook

a student noting examples or quotes in the margins of a textbook

a reader noting content to be revisited at a later time

a Bible reader noting sources in their Bible of relevant verses

an academic noting similar or contradictory studies related to their article or book

Tips for Paraphrasing

Read the passage until you understand the meaning.

Purpose. What will you do with this evidence?

Look away from the passage to write the main points of what you read.

Imagine & write. Imagine explaining that main point to a classmate. Write down your explanation.

Check & cite. Double check your wording against the original. Cite the source.

Other things you should do as you read and annotate text:

Paraphrase important information

Write down thoughts and questions

Write down key terms

List and look up new vocabulary terms

Identify other articles to read

Here's an example of an annotated academic article (with steps and more details). Another example:

Strong readers often mark texts and this visual work is deeply linked to the reading experience. Considering annotation as a critical and creative activity, we can design and practice this skill in a multitude of ways. And, once again, as we link student’s visual experience into their ever growing language arts skills we strengthen their ways of interacting and communicating with the world. –James Shivers

Sources: 1 2 3 4 5 6 ⚜ More: References ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

Thanks for your kind words. Hope this helps! (Do ask your lecturer directly though for further clarification on what they actually meant!)

[illicitomens]

my annotations on sun bleached flies for a poetry project in my ap lit class ♡ ♡

[readtheuniverse]

[raeisprobablyreading]

Doing an annotated twilight reread and I genuinely cannot believe some of the things that are said in this novel lmao

[iwanttolearnallthethings]

Doing a silly just for fun little read along with my friend, we're reading an embroidery murder mystery book, cosy mystery's aren't typically what I read but as we're both crafters we thought it would be fun. We're reading one chapter at a time and then talking about it on a discord call before we read the next chapter. It's fun and I definitely think we'll be doing this with the whole series, bonus is it's helping get me back into reading.

[paleandpetty]

what’s a pervert, really?

[calculatedliterature]

Saturday, November 11th

Mini life photo dump. Classes are busy, problem sets are never ending, math proofs are exhausting. But I just finished the Once Upon a Broken Heart trilogy, made my way into 2 Corinthians in my Bible, got a new Starbucks cup with my rewards points, and checked off a bunch of cleaning chores off my to-do list. Feeling like a real adult this season.

[bismutharts]

i annotated this song a bit! i was originally wanting to do Old Witch Sleep And Good Man Grace by the Amazing Devil but uh. that song is like 8 minutes and hasn't got that much repeat lyrics so i couldn't possibly fit it in a zine while also keeping room to write. so i picked a shorter song i like the meaning of! i love the anemoi cycle by the oh hellos, i relate to it a lot

no image description because i literally don't know how i'd write all the text down linearly? but especially if you struggle with my handwriting, if you ask i'll transcribe particular bits

i may do more of these (so also if someone has thoughts on a good way to image describe these i'm all ears)

if you don't know the song, here's a youtube link

this is part of my project to make a zine a day in april

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