Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 18 AIL 1717 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Gaudiness and Inane Phraseology"
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The idea
It warns that readers accustomed to the gaudiness and inane phraseology of many modern writers will struggle with feelings of strangeness. The phrase names what is being rejected, and what is being rejected is the previous century's ornamented diction.
In practice
Gaudiness and inane phraseology, rejected.
Where people slip
The target is the earlier taste.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
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