Mad Study Skills
So, you have to annotate some texts here on rapgenius. It’s great that you are reading this page, please read all of it.

Make sure you do not use the public versions of these texts! The links to our class pages have been posted to Stud.IP.

Look at the annotations on the texts so far and try to choose a text that has not received a lot of attention. There are many ways you can contribute; don’t hesitate to experiment. If you want to add to an existing annotation (maybe you found a great picture or you disagree), comment by posting a suggestion. The original annotator can then revise the annotation.

Rapgenius is not your term paper, it’s an extension of our class discussion. That means you may use Wikipedia links to illustrate and lead the reader to further readings. There also is no need to be as formal as you would in a term paper, so chill and speak your mind.

The basic rules of academic work still apply, however:

• Do not copy other people’s work! That’s plagiarism and can have very serious consequences.

• Be precise and keep your annotations and comments short, but don’t simply rephrase the text or state the obvious.

• Always use complete sentences and proofread! One or two word annotations will be deleted immediately.

Additional resources:

• Katherine Robinson offers a great guide for excellent annotations. It’s great advice, read it!

• The poetrygenius guideline is very helpful as well and includes some easy to understand examples.
• Check out that song you really like and have a look at the annotations there. And while you’re there, maybe you even have something to add yourself.