The Quote: I slowed still more, my shadow pacing me, dragging its head through the weeds that hid the fence.
— William Faulkner, The Sound, and the Fury

Analyze:
1. In this sentence, form imitates meaning. How does Faulkner slow the sentence down, reinforcing the sentence’s meaning?

2. How would the impact of the sentence change if we rewrote the sentence to read:
I slowed still more. My shadow paced me and dragged its head through the weed-obscured fence.

Apply:
Using Faulkner’s sentence as a model, write a sentence that expresses reluctance. Use at least two phrases and one subordinate clause to reinforce the meaning of your sentence. Explain how your syntax reinforces your meaning.

honestly, school in itself just seems to be a huge waste of time. a lot of people graduate but still end up not doing anything in college anyways, which really makes the whole point of graduating seem useless. i'd rather not bring anyone's hopes up then. what i'd recommend is for whoever's reading this to simply drop out.

i mean, kanye did it. he said something along the lines of, "don't let society tell you what to do." now, he's obviously a very successful person, and since his album is called the college dropout i guess he never really had to go through all that nonsense in order to become a millionaire. the same goes for anyone else then.

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answer: common sense was the pamphlet that thomas paine used to convince reluctant americans to abandon the goal of reconciling with britain and to accept that independence was the only option to preserve their liberty.

the answer is c

explanation:

c is correct because the movie title would be in quotes