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I slowed still more, my shadow pacing me, dragging its head through the weeds that hid the fence.
William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury
Analyze:
In this sentence, form imitates meaning. How does Faulkner slow the sentence down, reinforcing the sentence’s meaning?
Answer:
Faulkner slow the sentence down, reinforcing the sentence’s meaning by using words that help convey this idea.
Explanation:
If you pay attention, as soon as you begin to read the phrase, you find "I slowed still more" and somehow your brain also "makes reading slow". Continue like this by adding the word "dragging" reinforcing this idea.
The choice of an author's words has a lot to do with the impact it will have on the reading. That is why the authors use tools such as tone or voice to generate these effects.
