Read the excerpt from chapter 6 of Animal Farm.Transporting the stone when it was once broken was comparatively simple. The horses carried it off in cart-loads, the sheep dragged single blocks, even Muriel and Benjamin yoked themselves into an old governess-cart and did their share. By late summer a sufficient store of stone had accumulated, and then the building began, under the superintendence of the pigs.
Answer
A
Slow pacing allows suspense to build about the outcome of the building.
B
Quick pacing allows a long process to be shown in a few sentences.
C
A flashback reveals the reason for the work.
D
Foreshadowing to future events gives readers insight into the consequences of the windmill.
Explanation
The excerpt compresses months of labor into a few sentences: the animals transport the stone, a sufficient store accumulates by late summer, and construction begins. This quick pacing summarizes a long process rather than narrating each task in detail. The correct choice is “Quick pacing allows a long process to be shown in a few sentences.”
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