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Read the excerpt from "Rosa” by Rita Dove.
Doing nothing was the doing:
the clean flame of her gaze
carved by a camera flash.
How she stood up
when they bent down to retrieve
her purse. That courtesy.
How do the short sentences and the punctuation affect the tone of the excerpt?
They emphasize the speaker’s admiration for her subject.
They demonstrate the speaker’s confusion over the situation.
They reinforce the speaker’s presentation of historical events.
They reveal the speaker’s relationship to the main topic.
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They emphasize the speaker’s admiration for her subject.
The clipped sentences and punctuation create pauses and sharp focus on small gestures — the gaze, the standing, the courtesy — giving the lines a reverent, admiring tone.
The clipped sentences and punctuation create pauses and sharp focus on small gestures — the gaze, the standing, the courtesy — giving the lines a reverent, admiring tone.
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