Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 6 AIL 0552 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap: Answering From Spelling
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The idea
Sound devices are about sound. Two words beginning with the same letter may not alliterate, as in cat and city, and two words spelled differently may rhyme perfectly. Read with the ear rather than the eye, and the glossary's eye-rhyme entry exists to mark that trap.
In practice
The ear decides, not the letter.
Where people slip
Same letter, different sound, no alliteration.
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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