2. Craft and Structure: What effect does the narrator's use of semicolons and dashes in the first paragraph have on your understanding of his character? Read the sentences, stopping
at those punctuation marks. Then reread them without pausing. How does the meaning of
the sentence change?

Punctuation marks are hierarchically ordered, based on the degree of separation they provide for example, sentence-final marks periods exclamation marks and question marks provide maximum degree of separation whereas commas or no punctuation marks provide the minimum degree of separation. Colons, semicolons and dashes provide medium separation and have extra meaning anticipatory, logical connection and emphatic, respectively

explanation:

the silver bells of the sleds are merry and keep time in the winter nights while the sky twinkles happily. the golden bells of weddings are delightful in their peaceful happiness, foretelling a rapturous future. meanwhile, the brazen alarm bells scream frightfully in the night, with a discordant and desperate sound. in their clamor, these bells convey terror, horror, and anger. finally, the iron bells are solemn and melancholy, while those in the church steeple are like ghouls who feel happiness. the king of the ghouls, who rings the bells, cheerfully keeps time with the moaning and groaning bells.

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