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What Is Four Of A Kind Essay

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In Trimble’s Writing with Style: Conversations on the Art of Writing, there are two requirements when he reads an article or story, specifically in his second requirement he states, “He not waste my time getting out what he has to say” (Trimble Pg. 58) When writing a short story, adding unnecessary words and phrases can have the reader lose interest and stop reading. Short stories are stories told minimally without a lot of add-on. If you are inconsistent with your pace, and drag on, you tend to lose your audience on what you are writing. Coming from this, a writer’s way of pacing are essential for creating a well written and compelling short story. In the first two paragraphs of Rick Reilly’s Four of a Kind, he opens his story in …show more content…

Reilly creates a connection between the reader and the people who are on the plane, by remarking on who these people are and what they have done. For example, Reilly puts, “One was publicist Mark Bingham, 31, who helped Cal win the 1991 and ’93 national collegiate rugby championship.”(Reilly). This tells us about Mark Bingham, and events that he took place in, while not going into detail on the rugby championship, or how he won the championships. Reilly does this with a few people giving background information, so that we can relate, and understand them. After this, Reilly transitions to a sentimental way of writing, by explaining the calls the passengers on the plane had to make. Calling parents, and a 12-week old daughter to say goodbye to them, makes you feel for the passengers and the position they are in, making you care for them even more. The pacing takes a steep turn as the subject is brought back inside the plane, and people figuring out other planes have been hijacked and that this plane was heading towards Washington. This shows that the events inside the plane happened quickly, and Reilly gets straight to the point on determining what happened. Coming from this, the next two paragraphs which also have 4 sentences, determine the outcome of the people and the plane, which show the pace of the author. Reilly put in the short story,

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