Answer to Question #210723 in English for Pretty Msimango

Question

Examine the verbs used in the first paragraph. What effect does the choice of verbs have on the meaning that the writer conveys in the paragraph. Substitute your argument by referring closely to the first paragraph of the text. All God’s Children Need Travelling Shoes (1986) by Maya Angelou

Answer 1

A verb is a word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen. Maya Angelou uses verbs in her All God’s Children Need Travelling Shoes by indicating the theme of the story and set the plot and flow of the imagination to capture the attention of the reader.