Read the sentence below and answer the following question:
"it was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…" —charles dickens, a tale of two cities
what is the advantage of repeating the syntax of the initial clause “it was the…”?
the monotone creates a feeling of disaster.
the parallel words make the reader confused.
the pattern suggests that music will be used.
the repetition creates a comparison/contrast theme.

The answer to the question above would be that the advantage of repeating the syntax of the inital clause is that the repetition creates a comparison/contrast theme.

Charles Dickens has used the same structure to talk about opposites: he says that it was the best of times at the same it was the worst of times and adds that it was the age of wisdom together with the age of foolishness. He uses the same syntactic construction to refer to both positive and negative things and, in this way, creates a comparison/contrast theme.

1. the details that would clarify the authors purpose for writing would be after the "haley collected used soccer jersey and sent them to guatemalan children." part, he would say, "and you can also donate today to save ". so far in the text, you can see no such thing. if, near the end the author persuades you to donate to guatemalans, then you know that the author's reason to write is to persuade you.

2. what details would make the text more engaging is to see the guatemalan children's reaction to getting free jerseys.

3. the details that convey the author's attitude would be an opinion by the author, for example, if he said, "haley was a very nice girl " or, you can find the attitude by finding parts of haley's personality that he highlights. you can strengthen your tones by using more descriptive words, and simplify long sentences as much as you can.

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