COMPREHENSION 1. Summarire what Adler means by "marking up a book."
2. In your own words, explain how you believe Adler would define the word boot.
3. Adler mentions books throughout the essay. What particular type of book is he
referring to?
RHETORIC
1. What is the tone of the essay? What can you infer from this tone about Adler's emo-
tional relationship to books?
2. Paragraph 15 lists devices for marking a book. What is the function of enumerating
them in this way? How would the tone of this section have been altered if Adler had
summarized these devices in paragraph form?
3. The author makes reference to various intellectual and artistic figures and works in
the essay: How does this help determine for whom the essay has been targeted?
4. Study the relationship between paragraph 9 and paragraphs 10-12. What is the rhe
torical format of this section? What method of argumentation is Adler employing?
5. Adler uses the analogy that "reading a book should be: a conversation between you
and the author." What other analogies can you find in the essay?
6. Adler raises objections to his argument and then refutes the objections. Where does
he make use of this rhetorical device? How effective is it in advancing his argument?
7. Adler calls Gone with the Wind "light fiction." Is this opinion or fact? Is it a mere obser-
vation or a criticism of the book?

"the children's hour" by henry wadsworth longfellow between the dark and the daylight, when the night is beginning to lower, comes a pause in the day's occupations, that is known as the children's hour. i hear in the chamber above me the patter of little feet, the sound of a door that is opened, and voices soft and sweet. from my study i see in the lamplight, descending the broad hall stair, grave alice, and laughing allegra, and edith with golden hair. a whisper, and then a silence: yet i know by their merry eyes they are plotting and planning together to take me by surprise. a sudden rush from the stairway, a sudden raid from the hall! by three doors left unguarded they enter my castle wall! they climb up into my turret o'er the arms and back of my chair; if i try to escape, they surround me; they seem to be everywhere. they almost devour me with kisses, their arms about me entwine, till i think of the bishop of bingen in his mouse-tower on the rhine! do you think, o blue-eyed banditti, because you have scaled the wall, such an old mustache as i am is not a match for you all! i have you fast in my fortress, and will not let you depart, but put you down into the dungeon in the round-tower of my heart. and there will i keep you forever, yes, forever and a day, till the walls shall crumble to ruin, and moulder in dust away! which literary device does longfellow use most frequently in the poem? a. simile b. metaphor c. repetition d. personification