how do you properly annotate your books? i feel like an idiot just underlining and drawing around paragraphs i find essential or like the phrasing
>how do you properly do something meant entierly for yourself alone?Lurk in the writing general anon, we can't even agree how to properly write stuff for other people
>>25183620i ask because one day i will be famous and people will look for editions of books annotated by me and i want to make my personality and deep understanding shine through
I can tell a woman wrote this because it's shockingly awful
>>25183628Holy shit, I can't believe a future celebrity is replying to me, can I get a selfie with you?
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>>25183682kek
>>25183611>how do you properly annotate your books?>violating the sanctity of the author's words with your ownDisgusting,
if it's a new word I add it to my dictionaryif it sounds cool or important I highlight itif it's retarded I make a noteif it makes me think about something else I make a todo note
~~ugh!~~
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>>251836111. The "Adlerian" Active Reading System (1940)Source: How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler.Adler's 1940 classic is the definitive text on "marking a book." He argues that you do not "own" a book until you have written in it. Vertical Lines in the Margin: Use these to emphasize a statement already underlined or to mark a passage too long to underline. Star, Asterisk, or Other "Doo-dad": Use these sparingly (no more than 10 per book) to mark the ten most important statements in the entire volume. Numbers in the Margin: Use these to indicate a sequence of points made by the author in developing a single argument. Page Numbers in the Margin: This is a "Cross-Reference" technique. Write "cf. p. 164" to link the current passage to an earlier or later one that supports or contradicts it. The "Personal Index": On the back flyleaf, create your own index of the author’s main points in the order they appear. On the front flyleaf, attempt to outline the book's integrated structure.2. The "Sertillanges" Scholar System (1921)Source: The Intellectual Life (L'Vie Intellectuelle) by A.G. Sertillanges.A French Dominican scholar, Sertillanges wrote for the "intellectual worker." His focus is on the retention of high-density material. The Three-Pass Underline: 1. First reading (Pencil): Lightly underline anything that strikes you. 2. Second reading (Ink): Transform the pencil lines into permanent ink for the points that remain vital after reflection. 3. Third reading (Brackets): Put [square brackets] around the "soul of the argument"—the one or two sentences that contain the core of the chapter. The "Vade Mecum" Note: He suggests using the margins for "telegraphic summaries"—translating the author's complex Latinate prose into your own short, functional vocabulary.3. The "Library of Congress" Marginalia Standards (Early 20th Century)In the early 1900s, student manuals (like those from C.C. Crawford or Harry Kitson) taught a "Standard Apparatus" for professional students: The "Query" (?): Placed in the margin next to a point of disagreement or a claim requiring external verification (perfect for your lexical/Silva study). The "Exclamation" (!): For a point that is a "Sedes Doctrinae" (a seat of doctrine) or a fundamental truth. Wavy Underlining: Used for "Technical Terms"—vocabulary you need to look up or master. Braces ({ }): Used in the margin to group several paragraphs together as one logical unit, often with a summary word written vertically next to the brace.
>>25183682Lol
>>25183611ugh!
>>25183682Holy kek
>>25183682insufferable bitch
Annotations are completely worthless
>>25183682t. majored in english raperotica
>>25183611i put notes into a separate book and if a quotation is needed exactly i will write it out. drawing all over a book is for children and immature women.>>25183682nice, very funny
>>25183611You annotate so when you need to find an exact page you can find it as quickly as possible. This femoid bracketed, underlined, circled, and highlighted absolutely nothing. Her comments alone are sufficient. She didnt say anything about the tone, or note the characters names, or demonstrate anything other than a surface level understanding of the text.
>>25183682One for the history books. I wish I had this sort of wit.
>>25183611Why do people annotate like this?? It makes it harder to understand what the text is even referring to with all of this extra stuff. Why don't you just write your notes on a laptop instead?
girls write so pretty it gives me butterflies
>>25184275This poster hates women
>>25183611>how do you properly annotate your bookPencil. Your own Head/Foot Notes [numbered or proprietary symbols]. Edge margin 'brackets' straight down the edge of larger sections of interest. [(<>)] ect. indicating discrete passages, and as cutouts, themselves summarize the content in brief. Redaction of superfluous passages, or light 'highlighting' with diagonal hashmarks. Keyword Headers adjusted either side and below the page number for quick reference of topics, whatever. Circled page numbers, blacked out page numbers (or ellipses). Commentary Top Margin, Exposition Bottom Margin, Side Margins reserved for page cross reference, and signs indicating interest, numbers/letters ect.Read like an editor and mark out the significant from the tertiary. Use a scale of underlinining and bracketing significance + numbering and (sub)lettering events/arguments. Restate ambiguous passages in your own words. The main thing is keeping track of your engagement with the text and develoment of understanding, and marking things in such a way that facilitates rapid recall, and much more fluid subsequent readings-- eventually they'll allow you to go straight to the passage you have in mind by feel.
>>25184468>Restate ambiguous passages in your own words.I used to do this, but I feel it’s more conducive to familiarise yourself with the lexicon therein. Not that it matters much either way. I’m just speaking from my experience.
>>25184282Don't we all?
>>25183682hahahaha, merely thinking that someone put efforts in doing this makes me laugh
>>25183682Fuckin crying
>>25184282Based
