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The women sat among the doomed things, turning them over and
looking past them and back. This book. My father had it. He liked a book.
Pilgrim's Progress. Used to read it. Got his name in it. And his pipe - still
smells rank. And this picture - an angel. I looked at that before the fust
three come didn't seem to do much good. Think we could get this china
dog in? Aunt Sadie brought it from the St. Louis Fair. See? Wrote right on
it. No, I guess not. Here's a letter my brother wrote the day before he
died. Here's an old-time hat. These feathers - never got to use them. No,
there isn't room. How can we live without our lives?
Describe the syntax of this passage. How does it feel? Why is it written this
way? What tone does it convey?
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What is the tone here? What language adds to the tone?
What effect does the parallel syntax here have on the tone of this passage?
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Print this
The women sat among the doomed things, turning them over and
looking past them and back. This book. My father had it. He liked a book.
Pilgrim's Progress. Used to read it. Got his name in it. And his pipe - still
smells rank. And this picture - an angel. I looked at that before the fust
three come didn't seem to do much good. Think we could get this china
dog in? Aunt Sadie brought it from the St. Louis Fair. See? Wrote right on
it. No, I guess not. Here's a letter my brother wrote the day before he
died. Here's an old-time hat. These feathers - never got to use them. No,
there isn't room. How can we live without our lives?
Describe the syntax of this passage. How does it feel? Why is it written this
way? What tone does it convey?
I
What is the tone here? What language adds to the tone?
What effect does the parallel syntax here have on the tone of this passage?
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SUBMIT
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