Question

Read the excerpt from "Moonless Meeting." Then select one sentence in

which the author slows down or speeds up the pace of the text, and select
one sentence in which the author shifts time.
He turned his head slowly to the right, where his eyes looked into his twin
sister's penetrating stare. Matilda's eyes were as big as wagon wheels, and
her lips were pinched in terror.
From the very beginning, Samuel and Matilda accepted that traveling on the
Oregon Trail would require nerves of steel....
Samuel shot out of his bedroll, clambering to free himself from the tangle of
blankets.... "They're from the Cheyenne tribe," Dr. Woodhouse said by way
of greeting.

Answer 1

The sentence that slows down the pace is 'Sunset came, bringing with the end of her labor a patient calmness and power to wait that had not been hers earlier in the day,' as it shifts focus from physical labor to a reflective state. The shift in time is indicated by the sentence 'Early the next morning one of Jane's women brought in word that Judkins wished to speak to her,' moving from the evening to the next day.

Step-by-step explanation:

To identify the sentence where the pace of the text changes and the one where there is a shift in time, we must examine how the text moves between action, description, and reflection.

For the pacing shift, the sentence "Sunset came, bringing with the end of her labor a patient calmness and power to wait that had not been hers earlier in the day." slows down the pace by transitioning from the activities of the day to a more reflective, calm evening. It provides a natural pause, where the focus changes from physical labor to waiting and contemplation.

Regarding the shift in time, the sentence "Early the next morning one of Jane's women brought in word that Judkins wished to speak to her." signifies a move forward in time from the previous evening's events to the next day's occurrences without detailing the night in between.