Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 5 AIL 0434 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Attitude Toward a Named Thing
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The idea
Often the question asks a speaker's attitude toward one named object rather than in general. A speaker may be tender toward one thing and contemptuous toward another in the same passage. Answer about the named object, not about the speaker's overall temper.
In practice
Answer about the named object only.
Where people slip
One speaker can hold several attitudes.
Your place on the trail
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Builds on
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