Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 11 AIL 1020 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"The Emphasis Was Helped By"
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The idea
Five consecutive sentences open with the same phrase, the emphasis was helped by, each adding a feature: forefinger, forehead, mouth, voice, hair. Unit eight called this parallel grammar. Here the repetition makes the man's insistence audible in the prose describing him.
In practice
Five sentences, one opening.
Where people slip
The prose insists as the man does.
Your place on the trail
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