“A statement or assertion that expresses a judgement or opinion.”
- New Oxford American Dictionary
In Analytical Reading, propositions are the answers to the Author’s questions, and require Coming to Terms. Just as terms represent the meaning of key words, propositions represent the meaning of key sentences. One must be able to translate a proposition into their own words to grasp it while Determining an Author’s Message
How to read a book by Mortimer Jerome Adler, Charles Van Doren