Shonda stands at the free-throw line. time stretches out before her. silence. breathe in, out, in, out. calm. if she hits it: overtime. misses: no state championship. crushed. she's never felt space and silence like this. never before. such calm. like she's on a lake. floating — a canoe maybe — gently. her mind is empty. she and the rim. breathe in, out, in. taking in the moment — she wants to enjoy the peace, the silence — before the final buzzer. the buzzer that will break the peace, the silence. this perfect endless moment. she shoots. swish. which statement best evaluates the author's use of pacing in the passage? a. the author's use of pacing is not effective, because shonda's appearance is not described in detail. b. the author's use of pacing is not effective, because the short sentences don't properly convey the sense of calm in the scene. c. the author's use of pacing is effective, because the short sentences convey the fast action of the scene. d. the author's use of pacing is effective, because the long, complex sentences convey a feeling of calm.

B. The author's use of pacing is not effective, because the short sentences don't properly convey the sense of calm in the scene.

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This is the option that best analyzes the use of pacing in this passage. Usually, when an author wants to convey a calm, relaxed feeling, he will use long and complex sentences to convey this idea. On the other hand, when action is happening quickly, authors tend to use short sentences that highlight the speed of the action. The pacing of this passage is not effective because the author is describing a calm scene with short and quick sentences.

the play romeo and juliet was one of the most famous love tragedies ever written. this love story unfortunately had a fatal ending. many people argue over why the lovers had died, was it over free will or fate?  

the death of romeo and juliet was partially because of free will. the fact that romeo and juliet got married knowing that there was a bitter feud between their families, the montague and capulet’s. this feud brought on many problems, such as the murder of tybalt by romeo. juliet knew that this might be a problem for her and romeo. juliet had said: “what’s in a name”? which explains her ill fate of being a capulet and romeo being a montague. when romeo tells his servant “ ay, mine own…show more content…

i believe they had died over the love they had for each other, strong enough that their lives could end so suddenly if something horrible had come between them, and that was exactly how it happened. this tragedy occurred within five days of the two meeting, they experienced love at first sight, got married and quickly were dead. free will became a part of this when juliet decided to take friar laurence’s advise in inhaling a potion that will make people assume she is died but will awake in 42 hours prier to when she took it. when romeo had heard the news that juliet was dead, he assumed it was true, and responded with the line; “well juliet, i will lay with thee tonight”. to me this line indicated how he feels for juliet by dying in her will. the fact that free will didn’t take control of the story; it left fate to be the murder of the lovers. fate first kicked in when their eyes met at the capulet party. when romeo and juliet spoke, their words had powerful contentment; they had such a strong feeling for one another that they could lay in each other’s arms forever. their happiness didn’t last long; there were many reasons for this, for example; the marriage lord capulet arranged between paris and juliet. i believe that the plot of the play thus far leads the audience to believe that the deaths were a result of fate. the last act will determine once and for all if it is fate or free will. romeo again challenges fate.

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