Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 17 AIL 1634 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap: Reading Devotion Into Diction
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The idea
Religious vocabulary was ordinary, so a love poem using it is not necessarily pious and a play using it is not necessarily doctrinal. Judge the attitude from the argument, which is unit four's rule that tone comes from handling rather than from subject.
In practice
Judge from the argument, not the words.
Where people slip
Unit four's rule, in period form.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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