My Annotating Journey

     My experience with annotating has been very helpful and it has definitely been a learning process, but I now feel like I am able to annotate the important details that are relevant to the work as a whole rather than simply annotating each and every small detail. The microlectures on annotating and close reading were also very beneficial because I was able to get a grasp of what Professor Burnham was looking for in terms of annotating. Like we spoke in the class discussion, I do believe that there is no such thing as too much annotation, but it is good to narrow down what is being underlined, highlighted, and even read over twice. I appreciate annotating because instead of breezing over the readings, I am pushed to analyze each and every line in order to find significance and themes within the text. One thing that I dislike about annotating in the novel is that I must write smaller and there is limited space, but I can solve that by adding sticky notes to my in-text citations. When I annotate, I prefer to use two colored pens and two colored highlighters, and I use the pens for notes and underlining. Each of the colors and highlighters have a significance, and I do this to make my notes easy to understand and locate. I only highlight the very important lines in the novel in order to emphasize the importance of an idea. After annotating section 1, I believe I am prepared to closely read and annotate section 2, and from here I can only strengthen my annotation skills. 

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  1. Michelle BOctober 2, 2021 at 12:17 PM

    Yes, sticky notes do give you more room to develop thoughts in writing!

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