Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 3 AIL 0202 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Why the Dictionary Is the Wrong Tool
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The idea
A dictionary lists every sense a word has ever carried, with no ranking for the line in front of you. Four of five options may appear in it. The passage ranks them, and nothing else does, which is why the reading has to come before the recall.
In practice
A dictionary ranks nothing for you.
Where people slip
All the wrong options are real senses.
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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