Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 7 AIL 0652 short lesson, about 20 seconds
What Naming a Figure Does Not Settle
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The idea
Identifying a metaphor does not tell you what it means, and a question about meaning is not answered by a device name. Unit six made the same point about metre. Keep the naming claim and the meaning claim separate, and check which one is being asked for.
In practice
Naming is not interpreting.
Where people slip
Check which claim the question wants.
Your place on the trail
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