A very good place to start would be to buy the Engineer's Notebook by Forrest M. Mims: https://www.amazon.com/Forrest-Mims-Engineers-Notebook-ebook/dp/B016DABXTM/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Forrest+Mims+Engineer%27s+Notebook&qid=1601153899&sr=8-3
He explains electronics in plain, simple English, with illustrations that show exactly what goes where.