Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 10 AIL 0942 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap: Omniscient Means Authoritative
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The idea
The glossary's godlike phrasing invites the assumption that an omniscient narrator is to be believed. Austen's is ironic throughout. Access to every mind says nothing about whether the voice is being straight with you, and the exam can test that distinction.
In practice
Access is not authority.
Where people slip
The anchor's phrasing invites this error.
Your place on the trail
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