Summary Of How To Mark A Book By Mortimer Adler

Literacy requires special skills to prolifically master the concepts of reading and writing bilaterally. In “How to Mark a Book,” by Mortimer Adler it is denoted that a person must mark in a book to demonstrate true ownership and efficient reading. According to Adler if a person wants to demonstrate efficient reading and ownership of a book then they should follow the process of; taking notes, annotating phrases, quotes, words and writing thoughts between the lines of a book. After a person completes this process, then, their book should be filled with intellectual ideas, notes and thoughts that show efficient reading and ownership of a book. However, in “Freewriting”, by Peter Elbow, the sentiments are relayed in a different way by concentrating