Yoshi is hungry. Yoshi wants to eat.

Yoshi walks to the store.

Yoshi walks to the grocery store.

Yoshi walks to the grocery store because he wants something to eat.

Yoshi arrives at the grocery store.

It is late. The sky is dark.

Yoshi buys an orange, an apple, a banana, and a mango.

The orange costs 50 cents.

The apple costs 60 cents.

The banana costs 10 cents.

The mango costs 90 cents. What do you think Yoshi will do with the food he just bought? Add a few more sentences to the story to explain what Yoshi will do with the food.

Which statement best evaluates the author's use of pacing in the passage? a. the author's use of pacing is not effective, because the imagery and figurative language don't adequately describe either the cheetah or the gazelle. b. the author's use of pacing is effective, because the imagery and figurative language speed up the action, making the scene come alive for the reader. c. the author's use of pacing is effective, because the long, complex sentences the reader fully understand the power and beauty of nature. d. the author's use of pacing is not effective, because the long, complex sentences distract from the sense of stress and anxiety the passage should convey.