Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 4 AIL 0322 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Lexicon: Reticent
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The idea
Reticent means reserved, unwilling to say much, holding back. It is a claim about how much a speaker discloses rather than about feeling. Testing it means looking for what the speaker declines to say, which is evidence of a kind candidates often overlook.
In practice
Holding back what could be said.
Where people slip
Look for the omissions.
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