Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 11 AIL 1045 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap: The Isolated Detail
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The idea
One metaphor proves little; a family of them proves a great deal. Gradgrind's case rests on cellarage, plantation and warehouse agreeing with each other. An option resting on a single image is weaker than one resting on a pattern, and the exam builds distractors from single images.
In practice
Patterns beat single images.
Where people slip
One metaphor is weak evidence.
Your place on the trail
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