Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 10 AIL 0943 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Trap: Confusing Character With Narrator
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The idea
In free indirect passages an option may correctly describe the character's view and be offered as the narrator's, or the reverse. Both statements can be true of the same sentence and only one answers the question. Check which the question names before choosing.
In practice
Both can be true; one is responsive.
Where people slip
Check which the question names.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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