# UNC Learning Center Authors - Annotating Texts (Highlights) ![rw-book-cover|256](https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article4.6bc1851654a0.png) ## Metadata **Cover**:: https://readwise-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/static/images/article4.6bc1851654a0.png **Source**:: #from/readwise **Zettel**:: #zettel/fleeting **Status**:: #x **Authors**:: [[UNC Learning Center Authors]] **Full Title**:: Annotating Texts **Category**:: #articles #readwise/articles **Category Icon**:: 📰 **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))