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Question

1. Pacing is the speed at which a story unfolds. The action in a story can be fast, slow, or somewhere in between. Different parts of a narrative can have a different _________.
2. Writers can also change a story’s pacing by varying ___________ . Longer sentences cause the pacing to slow down. Shorter sentences help to speed up the action.
3. For an event that is more exciting, a writer may choose to use shorter sentences. This lets the reader feel the excitement by reading at a _________ _________.
4. For an event that is more serious or slow, a writer may choose to use long sentences so that the reader slows down and thinks about what is going _________.
5. ___________, the moments of a story when the author shows what is happening in a character's mind, is another way that a writer can impact the pacing. The more a writer has a character _________ on what is going on, the longer the story may seem.

Answer 1

1. rhythm
2. sentence length
3. quicker pace
4. on
5. Reflection, reflect