Read this excerpt from Welty's "A Visit of Charity":
"I'm a Campfire Girl . . . I have to pay a visit to some old lady," she told the nurse at the desk. This was a woman in a white uniform who looked as if she were cold; she had close-cut hair which stood up on the very top of her head exactly like a sea wave. Marian, the little girl, did not tell her that this visit would give her a minimum of only three points in her score.
"Acquainted with any of our residents?" asked the nurse. She lifted one eyebrow and spoke like a man.
Which narrative technique does Welty use to slow the pace of the story in this passage?
ALimited descriptions
BA gloomy setting
CComplex sentences
DShort sentences
"I'm a Campfire Girl . . . I have to pay a visit to some old lady," she told the nurse at the desk. This was a woman in a white uniform who looked as if she were cold; she had close-cut hair which stood up on the very top of her head exactly like a sea wave. Marian, the little girl, did not tell her that this visit would give her a minimum of only three points in her score.
"Acquainted with any of our residents?" asked the nurse. She lifted one eyebrow and spoke like a man.
Which narrative technique does Welty use to slow the pace of the story in this passage?
ALimited descriptions
BA gloomy setting
CComplex sentences
DShort sentences
