Question

The use of phrases, fragments, and punctuation can affect the pace and mood of a text. How would you describe the pace of the following passage? "Yet, mad am I not—and very surely do I not dream. But to-morrow I die, and to-day I would unburden my soul. My immediate purpose is to place before the world, plainly, succinctly, and without comment, a series of mere household events. In their consequences, these events have terrified—have tortured—have destroyed me."
a) slow b)fast c)fast and slow d)average

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. Slow

Explanation:

The pace refers to the rhythm of a text or how fast or slow the text flows or the events in a narrative are told, this is usually linked to how many words the writer uses to explain one action and how fast the reader is informed of these actions, which is determined by the use of phrases and punctuation, as punctuation  marks introduce pauses which implies the more punctuation marks a text includes the slower the narrative is and therefore the slower the pace is. Considering this, this passage has a slow pace as multiple punctuation marks are included such as dashes, periods and commas, which creates multiple pauses for the reader and therefore the actions are explained ed slowly, also multiple phrases are used to explain few actions which support the idea of a slow pace in this passage.

Answer 2

Pretty sure your answer is A. slow considering all the pauses you have to make because of the periods, comma, and dashes --