Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 1 AIL 0010 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Question Type Three: Track the Referent
Captions available
The idea
The exam points at a pronoun and asks what it stands for. Sample question five asks what "thou" refers to in a passage addressing Vanity, and the published answer is Vanity itself. Apostrophe to an abstraction defeats readers expecting a person.
In practice
Pronouns can point at abstractions.
Where people slip
The nearest noun is often wrong.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
Something wrong in this lesson? Flag it