Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 12 AIL 1140 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap: Agreeing With the Argument
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The idea
A reader who agrees with a passage judges it better made than it is. The question asks what the passage does, not whether it is right. This is particularly live on nonfiction, where the subject may be one the candidate has views about.
In practice
What it does, not whether it is right.
Where people slip
Agreement distorts the judgment.
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