This document provides guidance on how to annotate texts when doing a close reading. It recommends circling unfamiliar vocabulary, starring main ideas, marking confusing parts, and noting character feelings. It also suggests bracketing repeated themes, annotating point of view, highlighting connections, underlining deeper meaning, and identifying effective writing techniques. The purpose of annotation is to focus attention on details, comprehend key ideas, analyze craft and structure, and integrate outside knowledge to find deeper significance in texts.