Read the excerpt from "Wherefore Art Thou Romeo?"
Which statement best describes how the pacing of
But I didn't sleep. I thought about how utterly miserable
events heightens tension?
it would feel to mess up on stage, plus get a vile grade
in English class, plus watch Allison gloat. I got up
• The slow pace highlights how exhausted the
before my alarm went off, arrived at school early, and
narrator was on her big day.
slogged through the day like a sleepwalker. Finally the
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The slow pace gives the narrator time to carefully
last bell chimed.
plot out her next move.
"Ready?" Shondra asked, when we were alone again in
The fast pace intensifies the conflict between the
narrator and Allison.
the spare classroom. We had two hours until we had to
meet our teacher backstage.
The fast pace increases the narrator's urgency in
learning her lines.