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Q&A How does the placement of transition sentences affects the meaning/tone of a piece?

Example: Finally, I began questioning the kid. What was her name? Where were her parents? And most important, what was she doing outside in this horrible weather? She replied to none of tha...

1 answer  ·  posted 10y ago by Alexandro Chen‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:30:13Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/10862
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Alexandro Chen‭ · 2019-12-08T03:30:13Z (over 4 years ago)
Example:

> Finally, I began questioning the kid. What was her name? Where were her parents? And most important, what was she doing outside in this horrible weather? She replied to none of that. In fact, she didn’t utter a single word; all she did was to stare at me with her uncanny eyes. **Luckily, I obtained that information by other means.**
> 
> That night, after the kid had gone to sleep, I found a letter in her backpack.
> 
> * * *
> 
> Finally, I began questioning the kid. What was her name? Where were her parents? And most important, what was she doing outside in this horrible weather? She replied to none of that. In fact, she didn’t utter a single word; all she did was to stare at me with her uncanny eyes.
> 
> **Luckily, I obtained that information by other means.**
> 
> That night, after the kid had gone to sleep, I found a letter in her backpack.
> 
> * * *
> 
> Finally, I began questioning the kid. What was her name? Where were her parents? And most important, what was she doing outside in this horrible weather? She replied to none of that. In fact, she didn’t utter a single word; all she did was to stare at me with her uncanny eyes.
> 
> **Luckily, I obtained that information by other means.** That night, after the kid had gone to sleep, I found a letter in her backpack.

How does the meaning/tone differ in passages above?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-05-01T07:57:17Z (almost 10 years ago)
Original score: 2