Although reading aloud might be challenging in some cases there are basic principles you need to follow this includes always considering the punctuation marks as some punctuation marks such as comma, period or semicolon introduce a pause and others such as exclamation and question marks imply a change in the tone you are reading, besides this, in all cases you should focus on reading a phrase at a time rather than reading slowly each word, this is also link to the punctuation as phrases are commonly separated by different punctuation marks. Therefore, when trying to read orally with expression, it is best to read a phrase at a time because this makes reading more effective and also the expression or tone depends on punctuation marks that affect complete phrases rather than individual words.
This is making a comparison to Pinocchio. Saying it was such an obvious lie I’m surprised his nose didn’t start growing is an exaggeration of how unbelievable and far-fetched his lie fib was.