# UNC Learning Center Authors - Annotating Texts (Highlights)

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**Authors**:: [[UNC Learning Center Authors]]
**Full Title**:: Annotating Texts
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**URL**:: [learningcenter.unc.edu](https://learningcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/annotating-texts/)
**Host**:: [[learningcenter.unc.edu]]
**Highlighted**:: [[2021-09-08]]
**Created**:: [[2022-09-26]]
## Highlights
### How do you annotate?
#### Summarize key points <mark style="background: #FFF2C8;">in your own words</mark>.
- Use headers and words in bold to guide you ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1442936651/17401344))
- Look for main ideas, arguments, and points of evidence ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1442936651/17401345))
- Notice how the text organizes itself. Chronological order? Idea trees? Etc. ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1442936651/17401346))
#### Circle key concepts and phrases
#### Write brief comments and questions in the margins
#### Use abbreviations and symbols
#### Highlight/underline
- Highlight or underline, but mindfully. ([View Highlight](https://instapaper.com/read/1442936651/17401360))