Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 4 AIL 0305 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Tone Lives in Sentence Shape
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The idea
Short flat sentences and long winding ones project different attitudes with the same vocabulary. Rhythm, subordination and where a sentence puts its weight all carry stance. Unit two's parsing work pays off here, because a sentence's shape must be seen before its manner can be judged.
In practice
Rhythm carries stance too.
Where people slip
Two carriers, not one.
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