Notes by Sacha Chua, Twitter: @sachac, Living an awesome Life.com

HOW TO READ A BOOK MORTIMER J. ADLER & CHARLES VAN DOREN INSPECTIONAL READING Systematic skimming Does the book deserve Careful reading? Title, table of contents, index, blurb, key chapters, pages skimmed = R Superficial reading. In tackling a book for the first time, read it through without ever stopping. to ANALYTICAL READING understanding Notes - conceptual structural dialectical (discussion between books) ✓ Classify the book. 2.Summarize the book in one sentence or a Short paragraph. look up or ponder the things 3. Show the book's you do not understand right away. will youderstand more as you reread the book. Read at the speed appropriate for the book! organization/strudure. might not be the same as chapter structures! 4.Define the problem the author tries to solve. Understand: Aa I it true? Terms Message So what? 8 D-D Sentencese arguments Propositions SYNTOPICAL READING 1972 HOW TO READ A BOOK HORTIMER & ADLER ES VAN DOREN many books & their relationships Build a 7. 2. ER Inspect analyze Selected books bibliography quickly books Find the Jannot important <important? I relevant passages (relevant to you) Reconcile authors' terms.

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