In 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were convicted of killing a fourteen-year-
old neighbor boy. Leopold and Loeb were in their late teens, came from wealthy
families, and attended college. They wanted to commit the "perfect crime. Attorney
Clarence Darrow, a lifetime opponent of the death penalty, was their defense
attorney.
excerpt from Clarence Darrow's closing argument in Illinois v. Nathan Leopold and
Richard Loeb, August 22-25, 1924
And then came the planning for this crime. Murder was the least part of it: to kidnap
and get the money, and kill in connection with it that was the childish scheme
growing up in these childish minds. And they had it in mind for five or six months,
planning what? Planning where every step was foolish and childish, acts that could
have been planned in an hour or a day; planning this, and then planning that
changing this and changing that the weird actions of two mad brains.
How does the use of hypophora in this excerpt advance the speaker's viewpoint?
It emphasizes the speaker's opinion that the boys poorly planned the crime.
It shows the audience that the speaker has been unbiased in forming his opinion
It shows that the speaker wants to be merciful toward the
le presents the speaker's opinion as one of several possibilities

at nineteen years old, nicole c. kear's biggest concern is choosing a major--until she walks into a doctor's office in midtown manhattan and gets a life-changing diagnosis. she is going blind, courtesy of an eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa, and has only a decade or so before lights out. instead of making preparations as the doctor suggests, kear decides to carpe diem and make the most of the vision she has left. she joins circus school, tears through boyfriends, travels the world, and through all these hi-jinks, she keeps her vision loss a secret.

when kear becomes a mother, just a few years shy of her vision's expiration date, she amends her carpe diem strategy, giving up recklessness in order to relish every moment with her kids. her secret, though, is harder to surrender - and as her vision deteriorates, harder to keep hidden. as her world grows blurred, one thing becomes clear: no matter how hard she fights, she won't win the battle against blindness. but if she comes clean with her secret, and comes to terms with the loss, she can still win her happy ending

googles summry you can summarize this in your own words

sentence lenght varies according to word choice.you select which word to use and that will require to use other expressions that collocate with the word chosen.sentence length will vary   according to the choice of words you make to express your ideas.  

in this excerpt, the uniqueness of laura’s speech is revealed by her word usage