Actively reading articles poses not only as a valuable method of remembering information but also acts a way of becoming more involved in the reading. In Susan Gilroy’s “Interrogating Texts: 6 Reading Habits to Develop in Your First Year at Harvard”, she discussed the values in active reading. Gilroy delves into the value of active reading by stating, “annotating puts you actively and immediately in a ‘dialogue’ with an author”. I agree with Gilroy in this matter because writing comments and questions as if you were speaking with an author allows you to view the reading through many different lenses. Annotating articles also acts as a valuable method to rephrasing information in a manner that is meaningful to you. “Try to put it back together again in language that is meaningful to you”, urges Gilroy. Oftentimes I have found it useful in previous assigned readings to summarize information that I didn’t understand into writing that is easier for myself to understand. Re-wording information also allows the reader to further look into the meaning behind the authors writing. It enables readers to think about questions such as, what was the authors intent, who is this piece targeting, and why is this meaningful to the audience? Gilroy agrees with this perspective when she writes, “Analyzing adds an evaluated component to the summarizing process”. When a reader is engaged in a piece of literature, it allows them to further analyze the work which leads to an overall better understanding of the reader has read. After reflecting on my personal annotating methods, I have found them to be very similar to the exercises that Gilroy suggests.