Types of Annotations

There are four types of annotations:

• Informative Annotations:

  • These are common annotations. These are summaries of the source, focusing on the author's credibility and what the text is saying.

• Indicative Annotations:

  • These annotations help you to understand a source more deeply. These are annotations that detail what questions and problems the author is dealing with.
  • For example, how is the author trying to solve the problem, OR how is the author understanding the issues?

• Evaluative/Critical Annotations:

  • These annotations allow you to understand how valuable a source is for your paper. They address...
  • any bias or lack of evidence, as well as the value of their thesis statement and goals.
  • how the source may and may not be helpful for your paper.

• Combined:

  • These annotations are when you combine any or all of the other three types to make full, complex, and detailed annotationss.