Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 5 AIL 0414 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"I Gave Commands"
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The idea
The Duke says she smiled whenever he passed, but so did she at everyone; this grew; he gave commands; then all smiles stopped together. Four clauses, no stated act, and a woman is dead. The syntax of unit two matters here, because the murder hides in a semicolon.
In practice
The murder hides in a semicolon.
Where people slip
He never names what he ordered.
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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