Upping Your Annotation Game! Lyrics

ASSIGNMENT: using this guide, I want you to correct 10 mistakes that you self-identify in your annotations and/or short paragraph assignments. These could be grammatical mistakes or even things like failing to include pictures in annotations. This guide functions similar to hypothesis, in that you click highlighted lines to see the advice that I give you on each point.

Please submit your 10 changes as a google doc titled CORRECTIONS to my Remind.

Section I

Please make sure your annotations actually explain something.

Remember: explain, don’t just re-word or describe.

Right

Wrong

ONE MORE REMINDER!

Here’s some dope things you can do to make an interesting annotation:

DON’T highlight more than you are going to annotate. It sucks when someone highlights 5 lines and then explains 1 word. Only highlight what you intend to annotate (usually just 1 or 2 lines).

You should also never annotate just one word.

Lastly, if you are annotating a line with some grandiose language, look that stuff up, bro! It might improve your work!


Section II

Bad grammar, poor spelling, no punctuation, no capitalization – that’s that junk I don’t like!

Please write in complete sentences, not fragments.

Use the spellcheck feature.

Capitalize the beginning of sentences, proper nouns, and other stuff that needs it.
Do not write in text speak!


Section III

Every good annotation has an appropriate, relevant picture.

Remember what kind of URL you are looking for when adding pictures:

This is good.

This ain’t.

A quick how-to on hyperlinks: the format will always be

[Text you want hyperlinked](web address)


Section .80

^ (I got jokes, bruh)

How to Format Lyrics:

  • Type out all lyrics, even repeating song parts like the chorus
  • Lyrics should be broken down into individual lines
  • Use section headers above different song parts like [Verse], [Chorus], etc.
  • Use italics (<i>lyric</i>) and bold (<b>lyric</b>) to distinguish between different vocalists in the same song part
  • If you don’t understand a lyric, use [?]

To learn more, check out our transcription guide or visit our transcribers forum

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Genius Annotation

ASSIGNMENT: using this guide, I want you to correct 10 mistakes that you self-identify in your annotations and/or short paragraph assignments. These could be grammatical mistakes or even things like failing to include pictures in annotations.

Please submit your 10 changes as a google doc titled CORRECTIONS to my Remind.

I PROMISE: I will be looking closely at grammar and style when grading your annotations and also your paragraphs. This will help you improve your grade a lot!

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