Verbal facility allows writers to sound knowledgeable without deep understanding

Evidence

Once they became a matter of writing essays, my blinding verbal facility— no credit to me at all, I had done nothing to acquire it—meant that I sounded as if I knew what I was talking about, even when I didn’t. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 26

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 26
• XREF: connects to: A writer can render un-witnessed events with sensuous precision — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 563; Sound descriptions are trustworthy only when the writer heard them directly — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 30; Oral and written composition are continuous rather than opposed techniques. — Homer; Robert Fagles; Bernard Knox, The Odyssey, 50

Broader Connections

• A writer can render un-witnessed events with sensuous precision #expands (0.75) — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 563
• Sound descriptions are trustworthy only when the writer heard them directly #corroborates (0.70) — Schafer, Murray R, The Soundscape- Our Sonic Environment…, 30