…is solely focused on the third level of reading: analytical reading. The four basic questions the reader needs to ask when reading the book:.Inspectional reading helps us create an outline/skeleton/structure of the book so we can easily systemize the information.This is where you just sit down and read the book without stopping to ponder about a new word, argument, or writing anything as a note or marginalia. This is where you read the chapter titles, headings, subheads, the intro and outro of the book, and the book jacket (if there’s one). The second (inspectional) level of reading.You learn to decipher the ink on paper and “read.” The first (elementary) level of reading.…talks concerns itself about the dimensions of reading.
How To Read A Book has 4 major parts and several chapters in them. The entire book is structured around 4 levels of reading: There is a list of recommended books at the end of How to Read a Book– a comprehensive guide of what to read in Western Literature and Exercises and Tests at the four levels of reading in the book.How To Read A Book teaches us not only why it’s important to read books, but how to read them. This section of the book is sure to change the way you approach different kinds of books. A poem requires work, but like all other kinds of literature, you must try to glean something from it. Similarly, a poem is not unreadable if you follow these steps- read it through in one sitting, preferably read it aloud, find the unity in the poem and discover the conflict of images. You can afford to be less analytical while reading War and Peace than when you attempt Euclid’s Book I of Elements. For instance, reading imaginative literature and reading a mathematics treatise is very different indeed. There is a way to read every sort of book from mathematics to philosophy. So a reader has to sweat over the sentence like the poor writer has or to put it in a more positive light- a reader needs to be more demanding.
Classify the book according to its subject matter.Syntopical- Reading books related to the book you are reading.
Inspectional- The book browsing/skimming kind.There are how-to books about everything under the sun but how do you read a book? Do you really need a manual for that? An avid reader would not agree but once you read How to Read a Book by Adler and Van Doren, you will change your mind. It’s come up over coffee and at the Bring Your Own Book (BYOB) Parties. This is a book that Pothidotcomers are familiar with.
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