[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]

2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

File: 380 KB, 655x712, CD398A04-7C32-409D-8F1F-B9F1CBECDB20.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

Anonymous Mon Jun 18 17:59:46 2018 No.11342252 [Reply] [Original]

how many of you highlight/annotate while you read?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 18 18:25:04 2018 No.11342345 File: 59 KB, 720x560, highlight_anything_stupid.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11342252

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 18 18:29:38 2018 No.11342363 >>11342252 highlighting doesnt actually help. people just do it to feel like they're doing something

Anonymous Mon Jun 18 19:47:26 2018 No.11342658

>>11342252
I underline and bracket around sentences and paragraphs for various reasons. Sometimes they’re the main point of the book, sometimes they’re just good pieces of writing, maybe they’re iconic, maybe they have personal meaning and I relate to them. I also annotate nonfiction and stuff so I can understand it better on my rereads.

Anonymous Mon Jun 18 19:48:53 2018 No.11342665

>>11342658
I’ll post a few examples when I get home. It’s actually pretty helpful when I’m rereading a book and just trying to better understand it.

Also, economists and philosophers like to make up words and phrases, so I sometimes keep notes in the margins on what everything means.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 18 19:52:16 2018 No.11342678 >>11342363 This. If you're trying memorize and learn things the best way is go about it is retrieval practice. Literally make flashcards and quiz yourself in short, regular bursts until you can answer everything on your cards without peaking.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 18 21:31:26 2018 No.11343012 >>11342252 never, taking notes is better

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 18 21:34:42 2018 No.11343021 >>11342678 flashcards are shit but highlighting has to be worse

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 18 22:57:54 2018 No.11343278 >>11342252 >find a used book >first chapter is heavily annotated/underlined >second, not so much >nonexistent by the third every time

Anonymous Mon Jun 18 23:27:14 2018 No.11343369

>>11342252
For the love of god highlighting is for brainlets

I made a thread about this a while ago: >>/lit/thread/S11297860

I annotate in preparation for essays / a thesis I have to write, but I incorporate that skill in whatever book I’m reading. It allows me go back and know what I was thinking at the time.

If reading is a conversation with the author, paraphrasing/summarizing is a listening skill, one I exercise with the author. I ask questions to him/her, I evaluate, and thread common themes throughout the book, or in reference to other books. Deliberate reading is a dialogue with the author, and hopefully I/we can do this exact same exercise, and converse about our conversations with the author :)

Anonymous Mon Jun 18 23:31:25 2018 No.11343384

>>11342658
same. i write in margins, label on the top margin, sometimes i write on the side of the book, closed, making a mark on the page that's visible when the book is closed for important ideas, and usually make my own additions to the index

w/ nonfiction*, w/ fiction i at most underline or dogear meaningful pages, parts

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 18 23:33:01 2018 No.11343393 >>11343278 it's almost as if people are forced to buy things to get where they are trying to go even if they don't care about the things they bought. wow great point about how people are bad rather than about the absurd situation they are put in

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 18 23:38:41 2018 No.11343415 File: 109 KB, 588x823, 1511312764029.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11343393 >look mahmy, i am cyniccul ;;i am bery dettached and sooo abuv stupid humin stuf

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 18 23:46:23 2018 No.11343447 always for philosophy, a bit less for school because most fiction isn't as dense, and i have a pencil on me for most fun reading but don't often write.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jun 18 23:49:48 2018 No.11343459 >>11342252 >18 only essays I'm gonna need quotes from later, and even then I usually realize I don't want the stuff I highlighted and underline the stuff I actually need

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 19 00:00:47 2018 No.11343490 >>11343415 the hell do you even think you're doing dumb shit? that doesn't speak to my post in any way

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 19 00:09:31 2018 No.11343525 File: 77 KB, 1066x600, (you)inthemiddle.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11343490 >it took him 22 minutes to come up with this response

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 19 00:38:08 2018 No.11343600 >>11342363 Nah, It helps me focus on the content because I'm looking for specific parts that may be helpful to refer back to later.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 19 00:39:24 2018 No.11343602 File: 16 KB, 350x420, brainlet boxer.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11343525 >it took him 9 minutes to come up with this response

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 19 00:46:29 2018 No.11343620 File: 28 KB, 936x772, 1512287655455.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >11343602 shhh shhh no (you)s now just memes and thank you for giving me the final (you)

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 19 01:11:09 2018 No.11343688 >>11343447 This. Always for philosophy Sometimes for school Rarely for pleasure

Anonymous Tue Jun 19 02:14:54 2018 No.11343855

>>11343278
I have a few complete/basic works of ____ books that only have notes in the most well known sections.

I often write in books and I tend to buy cheap paperbacks for that reason. Sometimes I end up not having a pen/pencil so some books are only part annotated.

Funny story there is a copy of being and nothingness with my notes in it floating around my city.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 19 03:03:57 2018 No.11343937 >>11343855 that's embarrassing, having your name mixed up in shartre

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 19 10:59:33 2018 No.11345197 >>11343855 >Funny story there is a copy of being and nothingness with my notes in it floating around my city. LMAO!!!!

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 19 14:30:11 2018 No.11345886 >>11343855 I want to see what your notes have to say on it anon.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 19 16:14:07 2018 No.11346438 >>11345886 It was almost 2 years ago so I don't really remember what they are, but I still check any copys I find in used book stores for my hand writing.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jun 19 19:23:38 2018 No.11347317 >>11343393 it was a copy of Taipei. Nobody's forced to buy and annotate the first 2.2 chapters of Taipei

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 20 00:15:02 2018 No.11348534 >>11343855 lmfaooooo, that is funny, a funny story

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 20 00:18:01 2018 No.11348546 Marking a book in any way is disgusting. If you absolutely MUST then put a stick note in the book and mark on that.

Anonymous Wed Jun 20 09:25:02 2018 No.11349867
File: 752 KB, 2560x1920, hemingway.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>11343600
Yeah that's what I do. Basically my system is:
>making horizontal notes on the content next to the text when headlines, section titles, etc. aren't provided
>making vertical notes or notes at the top or bottom with my own personal thoughts
>marking sparingly certain key phrases or choice wordings that'll be a bother to find on a second read
I don't bother much with the second point any more, I usually think my notes are shallow or wrong on the second read, and I generally don't bother with notes/markings at all if the book is thoroughly indexed.
Pic sort of related, I'm guessing this is what people mean when they say notes do nothing but give you a sense of accomplishment.

Anonymous Wed Jun 20 09:30:41 2018 No.11349887
File: 43 KB, 493x449, 1503953373152.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>11343278
>buy collection of stories or essays
>the only section annotated was probably part of some lit 101 reading list somewhere
>section is more highlighter than text
every time

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 20 09:36:50 2018 No.11349907 >>11343021 Both are shit, best way to learn is taking notes. trying to break things down and take your own notes of fundamental mechanisms and how consepts relate to eachother. You don't have to memorize the things you truly understand

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 20 09:43:15 2018 No.11349932 File: 3 KB, 225x225, what.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11349867 Fucking hell. Why not just underline with pencil?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 20 14:53:30 2018 No.11351052 >>11348546 Snap

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 20 17:20:03 2018 No.11351576 >>11349867 It's called memory.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 20 19:20:02 2018 No.11352059 >>11349867 Disgusting. Kill yourself you book-desecrating nigger.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 20 19:24:41 2018 No.11352079 >>11349867 t. i only read for school

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 20 19:54:18 2018 No.11352209 >>11349932 Because when I show people, the underline doesn't show up which is a problem because they're not going to see that I'm smart.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 20 19:57:10 2018 No.11352228 >>11342363 It helps me keep track of parts of books that I have to write essays about.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 20 19:59:01 2018 No.11352239 >>11342252 >Hardcover copy of Pearl >entire thing is thoroughly annotated in pencil with interesting notes

Anonymous Thu Jun 21 01:54:34 2018 No.11353439

>>11342252
I've only done it while reading e-books I can't bring myself to highlight a physical book it's wierd.
And the only time iirc properly annotating and highlighting was reading John R Lotts - The Bias Against Guns which was a decent read, can't really put it into a /lit/ chart though

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 21 12:36:05 2018 No.11355224 >>11353439 Nice Lott reader

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 21 12:46:03 2018 No.11355268 >>11352059 >>11352079 >implying >implying that's not feminine handwriting >implying I didn't pick it up on campus >kill your self etc. >trying this hard to fit in whew whole lotta whew

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 21 17:57:21 2018 No.11356684 >>11355268 Based.

Anonymous Thu Jun 21 18:08:51 2018 No.11356731

I only take notes if I’m correcting an error, or trying to explain things better than the people who did the diagrams.

Which means I take notes constantly for mathematics texts and certain economists like Keynes get marked up tremendously, because Keynes is a terrible economist.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 21 18:14:40 2018 No.11356754 yeah I do it, wrecked a lot of books, feels good.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 21 18:32:00 2018 No.11356823 File: 27 KB, 400x400, 1451742554276.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>11342252 >damaging your books on purpose

Advanced search
Text to find
Subject [?]Search by post subject. Leave empty for any.
Username [?]Search for user name. Leave empty for any user name.
Tripcode [?]Search for tripcode. Leave empty for any.
Email [?]Search by email. Leave empty for any.
Filename [?]Search by image filename. Leave empty for any.
From Date [?]Enter what date to start searching from. Format is YYYY-MM-DD
To Date [?]Enter what date to start searching until. Format is YYYY-MM-DD
Image hash
Search in	All Posts OPs Only
Deleted posts	Show all posts Show only deleted posts Only show non-deleted posts
Internal posts	Show all posts Show only internal posts Show only archived posts
Order	New posts first Old posts first
Capcode	All Posts Only by Users Only by Mods Only by Admins Only by Developers
Results	Posts Threads
Action	[ Simple ]