How to Annotate a Text

Do These Things:
Underline anything that seems important

Circle literary elements you notice

Box sensory imagery

Mark things you do not understand using a ?

Remember that
annotations are a
Draw lines to connect ideas way of "showing
your work" while
Mark symbols with S you read!

Mark motifs with M

Mark Tone with T

Use the margins and bottom of pages to notate the effect or purpose
of the devices that are identified.

Ways to Expand Your Understanding and Your Annotations:

Highlight words you don't know and define them in the margins or
on the back cover
Mark allusions with a star or *
Create a character list inside the front cover