Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 11 AIL 1041 short lesson, about 20 seconds
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The idea
Dickens's speech is a run of short flat commands; his description is one enormous accumulating sentence. The contrast is deliberate, and a question about style may point at either. Count clauses before describing a style, because impressions of pace are unreliable.
In practice
Short commands, one vast sentence.
Where people slip
Count clauses; do not estimate.
Your place on the trail
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