Which is true about the pacing in this excerpt? A. The short, choppy sentences slow the pace and provide background information. B. The short, choppy sentences quicken the pace and create a sense of urgency. C. The long, detailed sentences slow the pace and provide background information. D. The long, detailed sentences quicken the pace and create a sense of urgency.

C. The long, detailed sentences slow the pace and provide background information.

Explanation:

Pacing is the speed at which the narration takes place, or a story is told. It can be fast-paced or slow-paced but it does not include the speed of the story, but just the narrative voice.

In the given excerpt from "Lather and Nothing Else", the author Hernando Tellez provides the narrative voice through the character of the barber. A certain Captain Torres had come to the barbershop owned by a revolutionary to get himself groomed, at which the barber had an internal conflict to whether kill the captain and save his revolutionary comrades or do his work and hide his true self from the captain. And as given in the passage, the barber describes how the captain's beard had grown and begun a bit by bit slow-paced description of the captain's face and the preparations he did to get the lather worked up. These long and detailed sentences slows the pace of the story and at the same time provide background information.

Thus, the correct answer is option C.  

based on the biblical principle philippians 4: 13 "i can do everything through christ who strengthens me." i agree that it is through him that we are given the strength to cope with every situation.

and based on the biblical principle proverbs 16: 32 "better to get angry slowly than to be a hero. better to be even-tempered than to capture a city."   i agree with the author of the passage to the extent that the nobility of heart demonstrates the strength of a person. those who are contemptuous, get angry easily and show their anger toward others are really weak, but those who are noble and make sure to not hurt other people and their feelings are strong people.