For although he /usually/ sang at night, his playing was characterized by velocity, by long-continued successions of notes and phrases, by swoops, bleats, echoes, rapidly repeated bebops--I mean rebopped bebops--by mocking mimicry of other jazzmen's styles, and by interpolations of motifs from extraneous melodies, all of which added up to the dazzling display of wit, satire, burlesque, and pathos.
Which statement best summarizes the effect of the sentence?
a. length of the sentence suggests the difficulty of artistic creation
b. numerous abstractions provide a startling contrast to the preceding sentence
c. irony of the sentence highlights the complexity of Parker’s music
d. complexity of the sentence’s structure mirrors the complexity of Parker’s music
e. extensive use of prepositions underscores the repetitiveness of Parker’s style
I have other questions needing longer passages but due to character limit this is all of the passage I can put. Please e-mail if you are willing to help
2007-01-10
14:29:52
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