And why, you might wonder, should you?
Because so many of you are drifting off topic and theme in your head and heart, starting with this style sentence might be just what it takes to keep you on the safe and narrow path of true analysis.
So here is my formula: After your smoking gun (text support) start your head and heart with this type of sentence
Here Twain is emphasizing the importance of [put stuff about the theme here as it relates to your quote]; he is telling us [whatever he is telling us], and he uses [whatever] to emphasize [whatever he is emphasizing]
Give it a whirl in your paragraph. The tricolon is an effective writing technique because it adds a powerful rhythm to a writing piece, and it forces a writer to stay focused on a single idea or thought.
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