Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 3 AIL 0204 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Step One: Read the Whole Sentence
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The idea
Read from the capital to the full stop, not the phrase around the word. Period sentences run long, so the clause that fixes a sense often sits two lines away. A candidate who reads only the local phrase is choosing among senses with the deciding evidence still unread.
In practice
Capital to full stop, every time.
Where people slip
The deciding clause is often not adjacent.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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