Stopping in her tracks, she first extended her arm, bent her elbow, and leaned forward from the hips– all to examine the watch strapped to her wrist; then she gave a loud double-rap on the door

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"Stopping in her tracks, she first extended her  arm, bent her elbow, and leaned forward from the  hips — all to examine the watch strapped to her  wrist; then she gave a loud double-rap on the  door.

Which of the following best describes the pacing of this portion of the story?

A. Slow  B. Simple  C. Moderate  D. Fast"

A. Slow

Explanation:

The narrative shown in the question above shows a slow pace, where nothing has much going on and the narrator proposes to detail a situation and the factors that compose it.

This rhythm is efficient to place the readers within a narrative, making them know important points that should be known to the reader, whether to understand the character, the setting, the context, among other important points for the story.

Meter.

In literature, mood refers to the general atmosphere the writer creates and the feeling, thoughts, and emotions this atmosphere evokes in the reader. In the case of poems, this mood is linked to the metric which is the rhythm in a poem, which is also called the pattern of beats and depends on the number of syllables in each verse and the number of stressed/ unstressed syllables in each verse. In this way, the metric sets the pace of the poem and a slow pace would create a melancholic or sad atmosphere while by including more unstressed syllables, while the use of more stressed or accent syllables would create a more dynamic and cheerful mood. Thus, one of the techniques used by poets to create mood is the meter.