## Categories Colors and tags that I set up in [[Readwise Reader]], but don't actually use 🤣 #### General information - Yellow to follow norms - Definitions, generally useful information - `#general` #### Quotes - Purple for royalty - `#quote` #### Definitions - Green - `#definition` #### Look into - Whether it be confusion, criticism, or an action item - Red for alertness - `#revisit` #### References - Color that reminds me most of English class - Facts, additional sources, etc - `#reference` ## Types of highlights - **Main ideas and key concepts**: Highlight the main ideas and key concepts of the text to help you understand the overall message or argument. - **Supporting details and evidence**: Highlight supporting details and evidence that help to explain or support the main ideas and key concepts. - **Vocabulary and definitions**: Highlight important vocabulary words and their definitions to help you understand the text better. - **Examples and illustrations**: Highlight examples and illustrations that help to clarify or demonstrate the main ideas and key concepts. - **Quotes and notable passages**: Highlight quotes and notable passages that are particularly well-written, thought-provoking, or significant to the text's overall message. - **Connections and relationships**: Highlight information that helps you make connections or see relationships between different parts of the text or between the text and other sources. - **Questions and areas of confusion**: Highlight areas of the text that you find confusing or that raise questions in your mind. This can help you focus on these areas during further reading or discussion. - **Personal reflections and insights**: Highlight passages or ideas that resonate with you personally or that you find particularly interesting or insightful. ## What to highlight An easy to remember filter from [[Aidan Helfant]] - don't highlight anything that isn't of USE: ### Unimportant ### Self-explanatory ### Easy enough to memorize on the spot