# UNC Learning Center Authors - Annotating Texts (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article4.6bc1851654a0.png) ## Highlights ### How do you annotate? #### Summarize key points ==🟡in your own words==. - 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))