The unity and its parts

Unity

"How to read a book" is an effort to introduce a reader to the different levels of reading that are: Elementary (the most basic pertaining to understanding language), Inspectional (dealing with reading a book quickly for a general idea), Analytical (understanding and critiquing a book to the best of one's ability) and Syntopical reading (reading several books of a topic for one's own questions). The author shows how these different levels of reading can be adapted to different kinds of reading matter (with a focus tending towards analytical reading). At the heart of this book are the 4 questions a demanding reader asks while reading and are the end-goal to answer for analytical reading.

  1. Dimensions of reading
  1. Pre-run for Lvl 3 + 4 of reading
  1. X-raying (focus on Q1)
  1. The meat - interpretation (Focus on Q2)
  1. Is it true (Q3) and what of it (Q4)
  1. Aids to reading
  1. Applying to different kinds of matter
  1. Syntopical Reading

i. Art of active reading

ii. Learning via Instruction v/s Discovery

iii. Lvls of reading

i. Lvl 1: Elementary reading

ii. lvl 2: Inspectional reading

iii. Becoming a questioning and noting reader

i. Pigeonholing a book

ii. Stating its unity

iii. Outlining major parts

iv. Finding author's intentions

i. Coming to terms

ii. Locating main propostions

iii. Finding their arguments

iv. Finding proposed solutions

i. Criticizing fairly

ii. Agreeing or disagreeing

i. Practical books

ii. Imaginative literature

iii. Stories, plays, poems

iv. History

v. Science and Math

vi. Philosophy

vii. Social Science

  1. What books can do for us

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Its pigeonhole

A practical expository work on comprehending and critiquing communication