Reading and annotating a text

• What do you find confusing or unclear about the text? Where can you look for explanations or more information? Do you need background information?
• What key terms, ideas, or patterns do you see? What images stay with you?
• What sources or other works does this text cite, refer to, or allude to?
• How does the content fit with what you already know?
• Which points do you agree with? Which do you disagree with? Why?

• Do the authors or creators present themselves as you anticipated?
• For what audience was this text created? Are you part of its intended audience?
• What underlying assumptions can you identify in the text?
• Are the medium and genre appropriate for the topic, audience, and purpose?

• Is the design appropriate for the subject and genre?
• Does the composition serve a purpose—for instance, does the layout help you see what is more and less important in the text?
• Do words, images, sound, and other media work together well?
• How would you describe the style of the text? What contributes to this impression—word choice? references to research or popular culture? formatting? color? something else?