Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 3 AIL 0233 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap One: The Modern Meaning
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The idea
The commonest distractor is the sense you already carry. It is placed there because it is what an untrained reader reaches for first. Board sample question three works exactly this way, and recognising the shape of the trap is most of the defence against it.
In practice
The familiar sense is bait.
Where people slip
Your first instinct is what is being tested.
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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