Examples for Power of Pause: Emphasis

Emphasis Pause Example

NARRATOR: The hero of our story, | Alice ‘ has been wandering around in ‘ Wonderland ‘ for some time now, | when she comes across ‘ a Caterpillar ‘ sitting on a ‘ mushroom ‘ smoking a hookah. | They look at each other for a long time | before the Caterpillar ‘ speaks… |

CATERPILLAR: Who are you? |

– Extract based on Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll