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Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 20   AIL 1939 short lesson, about 20 seconds

Why the Constraint Costs Less Than It Seems

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The idea

If the exam asked about postcolonial theory the gap would be serious. It asks what words do on a page. A candidate who can read an Equiano paragraph closely can read any paragraph closely, and that is what the paper tests.

In practice

The paper tests close reading.

Where people slip

The gap is smaller than it looks.

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