Reading and annotating texts

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Reading is an important way to deepen your understanding of a topic and expand your perspective. It is your primary source of information for many college assignments.

Don’t overlook your textbook, assigned readings, or recommended readings cited by your instructor in your syllabus or on the course Web site. You may find information relevant to your topic.

Tips for reading to explore a subject

Annotating a text, written or visual, encourages you to read actively—to highlight key concepts, to note contradictions in an argument, or to raise questions for further research and investigation.

Tips for annotating written or visual (multimodal) texts

Guidelines for actively reading a written text

Guidelines for actively reading an image or a multimodal text

Annotated article

Annotated paragraph

Annotated multimodal text (Equal Exchange advertisement)

Annotated multimodal text (McDonald’s advertisement)

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Reading and writing critically