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Levels of reading:
- Elementary
- Inspectional
- Analytical
- Syntopic
Stages of reading:
- Reading readiness
- Simple reading Word Mastery
- Rapid progress
- Mature reader
Key Questions:
- What is the book about as a whole? A summary of the main thesis and outline of the book
- What is being said in detail, and how?
- Is the book true, in whole or in part?
- What of it
Inspectional reading:
- Title page and preface
- Table of contents
- Index
- Blurb on dust jacket
- Pivotal chapters
- Thumb through dipping in
Analytical reading:
- What is the basic subject of the book?
- What is the author trying to say?
- What problems are they trying to solve?
- Classifying the book: fiction or non-fiction, science or history, theoretical or practical etc
- Breify state what the whole book is about.
- What is the structure of the book?
- Define the problem or problems the author is trying to solve? What questions is the author
- Come to terms with the author by understanding the key words and how they use them
Rules:
- RULE 1. YOU MUST KNOW WHAT KIND OF BOOK YOU ARE READING, AND YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS AS EARLY IN THE PROCESS AS POSSIBLE, PREFERABLY BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO READ.
- RULE 2. STATE THE UNITY OF THE WHOLE BOOK IN A SINGLE SENTENCE, OR AT MOST A FEW SENTENCES (A SHORT PARAGRAPH).
- RULE 3. SET FORTH THE MAJOR PARTS OF THE BOOK, AND SHOW HOW THESE ARE ORGANIZED INTO A WHOLE, BY BEING ORDERED TO ONE ANOTHER AND TO THE UNITY OF THE WHOLE.
- RULE 4. FIND OUT WHAT THE AUTHOR’S PROBLEMS WERE.
- RULE 5. FIND THE IMPORTANT WORDS AND THROUGH THEM COME TO TERMS WITH THE AUTHOR.
Criticizing a book: 1. Completeness - did the book accomplish its goals? was anything left unresolved or unaddressed? 2. Accuracy - are the books claims true or false? Do they align with facts and reality as I understand them? 3. Significance - how important are the books arguments? What are their implications? Do they matter in the grand scheme of the subject and my life?