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Soheil1 Posted 6 years ago
Vocabulary
This evening
Hello
Why is "this evening" mentioned two times in:
This evening—outside, a murder of crows darkens the air with its flying formation, announcing the storm of the century, the end of the world—this evening, to live in fear will be my definition of death.
?Thanks in advance
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You'd have to ask the writer. He/she seems to be trying to write in a very literary style. Repetition is a common feature of a literary style.
- You'd have to ask the writer.
- He/she seems to be trying to write in a very literary style.
- Repetition is a common feature of a literary style.
- It adds emphasis.
- Do you understand?
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You'd have to ask the writer. He/she seems to be trying to write in a very literary style. Repetition is a common feature of a literary style. It adds emphasis. Do you understand? It adds emphasis, emphasis, emphasis!
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