I’m an incoming Freshman this fall and we’re required to read “Three Cups of Tea” before the term starts. I believe it’s a non-fiction book and I want to be prepared.

Do most college-level reading focus on:

- plots
- themes
- or alliterations/similes/hyperboles/etc. to the point where I’d have to “rape” the book into bits and sections (i.e. extensive note taking) like we had to do in high school?

In other words, what should I look for when reading it?