HOW TO MARK A BOOK
There are all kinds of ways to mark a book intelligently. Here
are
a few of the more common techniques:
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Underlining of major points, of important or forceful statements.
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Vertical lines at the margin to emphasize a statement already underlined
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Star (*) or asterisk at the margin to be used sparingly to emphasize the
ten or twenty most important statements in the book.
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A fold ( dog-ear) on the bottom corner of a page which has especially useful
information.
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Numbers at the margin to indicate the sequence of points an author makes
in developing his argument.
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Numbers of other pages in the margins to indicate where else relevant points
have been made to; tie the ideas together.
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Circling of key word or phrases.
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Writing in the margin, or at the top or bottom of the page for the sake
of recording questions and perhaps – answers which a passage may have raised
in your mind; reducing a complicated discussion to a single statement;
recording a sequence of major points, etc. You may use the endpapers of
a book for a similar purpose.
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