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) ______