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Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 4   AIL 0309 short lesson, about 20 seconds

The Conjunction Carries a Claim

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The idea

But and yet assert tension between the halves. Admonitory yet loving claims the passage both warns and cherishes, and that the two sit oddly together. If the passage shows no such tension, the option is wrong even when both attitudes are present in it somewhere.

In practice

But and yet assert a tension.

Where people slip

The conjunction is part of the claim.

Your place on the trail

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