Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 4 AIL 0343 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap One: Answering From the Subject
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The idea
The commonest error, and the reason for entry after entry above: a passage about death draws candidates to somber, whatever its manner. The board relies on this. Ask what the writer's words do, not what the writer's topic is.
In practice
The topic is not the answer.
Where people slip
This trap catches the widest reader.
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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