Critical Reading/Annotating: Try It Yourself

Annotate the essay that you have been assigned. You may wish to consider the following possibilities as you prepare to annotate.

1		Look for vocabulary words that you don't understand and mark them. Find any ideas or statements that puzzle you or strike you as incorrect. Make a note about your problem(s) with these. Note language that strikes you (as powerful, weak, convincing, etc.). Note ideas, statements, images that help you connect with the text.