What makes a good annotation?

• Thorough analysis of text
• Researching sources
• Deeper understanding (reading between the lines)
• Asks a question
• Making connections to other literature, classes, etc.
• Analyze arguments
• Easy to understand
• Provides insight into true meaning of text
• Takes other perspectives into account
• An explanation
• Leaves your opinion out (sometimes…)
• Brings more to the text that is there