Annotation Process

What is the purpose of annotation in active reading?

• To skip over important information

• To find quotes

• To distract from the reading process

• To identify and explain important information

Which of these situations would not require you to annotate by underling or highlighting the text?

• information that is confusing

• information you already know

• information that is interesting

• information that is suprising

Without the __________________ underneath the diagram, we would not have known how to interpret it.

• annotation

• affixes

• inference

After finding relevant sources through research, the next step is to...

• annotate the sources

• write your essay

• plagiarize the sources

• make an outline

Which of the following could be a way to annotate a text?

• highlight relevant information

• make notes in the margin

• underline important quotes

• all of these are ways to annotate a text

Once you have annotated your sources, your next step is to

• analyze the relevant information

• answer the research question

• write a first draft

• revise and edit

Annotating is when you...

• Highlight almost every word of the text

• Circle a few words to make it look like you read it

• Add notes and write critical comments on a text.

• None of these

What is the primary purpose of annotation in reading comprehension?

• To ignore the text

• To enhance understanding

• To memorize every word

• To rewrite the text

Which of the following is NOT a common method of annotating a text?

• Highlighting key points

• Writing summaries in the margins

• Drawing unrelated doodles

• Underlining important phrases

In literary analysis, why is annotation important?

• To confuse the reader

• To identify themes and symbols

• To replace the original text

• To avoid reading the text