How to mark a book One of the
best ways of doing the most (1) ______ kind of reading is probably to
(1) ______ mark the book you are reading.
One reason for
marking up a book accordingly is to keep a reader (2) ______. An-
(2) ______ other reason is to keep a reader thinking along
with reading. It would be an (3) ______ (3) ______ reading.
And the third reason is to help a reader remember the thoughts he had in his
reading or the thoughts the author expressed.
Different from reading a book such as Gone with the Wind
which is only for (4) ______, reading of a great book, (5) ______ in
(4) ______ ideas and beauty should be active.
Writing in a book could also (6) ______ a reader’s (5)
______ mind and preserve them better in memory.
(6)
______ There are all kinds of devices for marking a book
intelligently and fruitfully. For in- stance, (7) ______ is used to
emphasize major points, important or forceful statements. (7)
______ Numbers in the margin can indicate the (8) ______ of points the
author makes in devel- (8) ______ oping a single
arguments.
However, someone might say writing and marking
while reading will (9) ______ (9)
______ reading. Actually, reading a good book is the case of seeing how much
a reader can really(10) ______
(10) ______