What effect does Mather create with the cumulative sentence at the beginning of the essay? how does he create a different effect
with the periodic sentence at the beginning of section 2? ••••••• •••••••••
BEGINNING OF ESSAY “ Martha carrier was indicated for bewitching certain persons, according to the form usually in such cases , pleading not guilty to her indictment”
BEGINNING OF SECTION 2 “ before the trial of this prisoner, several of her children had frankly and fully confessed not only that they were witches themselves , but that their mother had made them so.”
The beginning of the essay is a strong sentence that keeps adding elements of suspense as it develops, eventually making the sentence overloaded with information (especially considering that it is the first sentence of the essay). Nevertheless, the entire sentence seems to describe a single action.
The second sentence is a complex sentence that, in contrast to the first, has several smaller steps in the development of the plot. The steps are divided but complementary; they happen independently of each other and add to each other's meaning, at the same time.
