The use of phrases, fragments, and punctuation can affect the pace and mood of a text. How would you describe the pace of the following passage?

"For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence."

Fast

Slow

Both fast and slow

Average

Question

The use of phrases, fragments, and punctuation can affect the pace and mood of a text. How would you describe the pace of the following passage?

"For the most wild, yet most homely narrative which I am about to pen, I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my very senses reject their own evidence."


 Fast

 Slow

 Both fast and slow

 Average

anonymous · Answer

Because punctuation lets the reader know when to pause and take a breath, generally the more broken up a piece is with punctuation, the slower the pace. With that in mind, what do you think about the sentences?