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Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 1   AIL 0015 short lesson, about 20 seconds

Tone Options Come in Pairs

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The idea

The published options include ironic but somber, reticent but obsequious, admonitory yet loving, formal and scholarly. Each pairs two attitudes, so a candidate must match both halves. One half right and one half wrong is a wrong answer.

In practice

Both halves must fit, not one.

Where people slip

Half-right pairs are the trap.

Your place on the trail

Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.

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