When the source uses technical language that is difficult to convey, When the source is particularly vivid or descriptive, When the source is so concise and well worded that it cannot be revised without making the passage wordy. When you are using a source with which you disagree and you want to represent the opposing viewpoint in your paper.

you aren’t just writing in general, but writing to someone.

Example: Student B

Example: Signal Phrase Use

Failing to clearly credit the author with the ideas from the work, even if you aren't using their direct words, is considered plagiarism.

Signal Phrase Example: Keller concludes, "There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away" (23). Parenthetical Example: "There were barriers still, it is true, but barriers that could in time be swept away" (Keller 23).

Journals

evidence

Discussion Boards are probably the most common assignment for online English students to complete in EG 101 to complete the reading process. In an English class, we do a lot of talking, but an online English class does not afford us the physical space to have conversations about the reading and writing in the course. Instead, our discussion about course reading takes place through a written discussion, meaning that online English students can expect to do a lot of writing over the course reading.

Offer counter-evidence

Take Notes

Don’t be afraid to “get it wrong.”

Helpful Steps for Annotating a Text

concept-mapping

freewrite

One step you can take involves inquiry: asking yourself questions that will help to focus your reading experience.

No text, however well written and authoritative, contains its own, pre-determined meaning.

Critical readers interact with the texts they read through carefully listening, writing, conversation, and questioning.