Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 6 AIL 0555 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Scanning by Habit
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The idea
Scan the first line of every poem you meet in practice, whether or not a question asks. It costs seconds and it establishes what the poem's normal is, so that a variation later in the poem registers as a variation rather than passing unnoticed.
In practice
Scan the first line, always.
Where people slip
You cannot see variation without a baseline.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
Builds on
Unlocks
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