“How to Mark A Book” by Mortimer J. Adler
To acquire who the audience of “how to mark a book” is, there will be four specifications you need to identify. First, you must identify the audience. Second, you will need to interpret what information should be included. Next you will need to understand the tone of the writing, and the audience’s attitude. Last you will need to evaluate the audience’s background.
To figure out who the audience is, we must first figure out the topic, and the background of the writer. The topic is simply how to mark a book. Adler distinguishes between the different types of readers. Those who own books and do not read them, those who own books and read them occasionally, and those who own books, read them, and mark them up. This statement in its own could …show more content…
Adler makes it clear that he “writes between the lines” and would like to share the meaning behind this. He tells the reader that he sees it as an act of love, as opposed to an act of mutilation. Next we need to identify if the writer would like to inform, entertain, or motivate readers to take action. I would say that this passage is to motivate the reader to take action. Adler wants people to add personality to their books, and takes time to describe why he wants these certain actions to take place.
To evaluate the audience’s background you need to assess their objectives and needs. You need to answer questions like “why is the reader reading this passage” or “what can the reader gain from this passage?” the reader might be reading this passage because they would like to gain knowledge on how to mark a book.
What I have concluded by walking through these steps, is that the reader is not in a category with scholar types, they may not have much information on owning books, they are reading to be educated in this field, and they have knowledge to gain from these
To acquire who the audience of “how to mark a book” is, there will be four specifications you need to identify. First, you must identify the audience. Second, you will need to interpret what information should be included. Next you will need to understand the tone of the writing, and the audience’s attitude. Last you will need to evaluate the audience’s background.
To figure out who the audience is, we must first figure out the topic, and the background of the writer. The topic is simply how to mark a book. Adler distinguishes between the different types of readers. Those who own books and do not read them, those who own books and read them occasionally, and those who own books, read them, and mark them up. This statement in its own could …show more content…
Adler makes it clear that he “writes between the lines” and would like to share the meaning behind this. He tells the reader that he sees it as an act of love, as opposed to an act of mutilation. Next we need to identify if the writer would like to inform, entertain, or motivate readers to take action. I would say that this passage is to motivate the reader to take action. Adler wants people to add personality to their books, and takes time to describe why he wants these certain actions to take place.
To evaluate the audience’s background you need to assess their objectives and needs. You need to answer questions like “why is the reader reading this passage” or “what can the reader gain from this passage?” the reader might be reading this passage because they would like to gain knowledge on how to mark a book.
What I have concluded by walking through these steps, is that the reader is not in a category with scholar types, they may not have much information on owning books, they are reading to be educated in this field, and they have knowledge to gain from these