This document provides guidance for analyzing documents. It recommends that the reader considers the context of the document by thinking about who wrote it, when it was written, and why. It also advises the reader to actively engage with the text by underlining, highlighting, and taking notes. Finally, it states that the reader should extract useful information by determining their purpose and borrowing content through direct quotes, paraphrasing, or summarizing while properly citing any borrowed information.

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6. Paris and Seine in 14th c.

11. 1. Think about context: Where does this document come
from? Who wrote it? When? Why?
2. Be an active reader: Underline, highlight, make notes,
etc.
3. Extract what is useful: Determine what you are using
text for and look for things to borrow, using direct
quotation, paraphrasing, or summary.
4. Cite: Learn to quickly and accurately cite texts you
borrow from.