Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 7 AIL 0650 short lesson, about 20 seconds
From Naming to Effect
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The idea
Having named a figure, an effect question asks what it accomplishes. Answer in terms of the properties that travel from vehicle to tenor. Donne's gold makes love precious and extensible; Blake's worm makes the rose's decay secret and invasive. Name the transfer, not the feeling.
In practice
Name the properties that travel.
Where people slip
Effect is transfer, not mood.
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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