Annotating texts

• What are annotations?

  Brief notes and marks written directly on the text
• When annotating literary devices, what might you include?

  a word or short phrase to show the effect of the device. 
• Where is a good place to write your annotation notes?

  The margins
• What should you connect language features to in your notes?

  Effects
• Which pens might be useful for annotating?

  Highlighters
• Which aspects of language are particularly useful to annotate in fiction texts?

  Literary Devices