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Read-Aloud Rhythm Check on a Key Passage
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My passage (ideally a key scene, opening or closing paragraph): {{PASSAGE}}
The effect I want the rhythm to create: {{DESIRED_EFFECT}}
Analyse:
1. Sentence lengths: list the word count of each sentence in order, then describe the pattern (varied, monotonous, building, staccato).
2. Stumbles: phrases a narrator would trip over, such as tongue-twisters, unclear antecedents, stacked prepositional phrases or accidental rhymes. Quote them.
3. Stress at the end: sentences where the most important word is buried in the middle instead of landing at the end. Quote three.
4. Breath: sentences too long to say in one breath that aren't deliberately breathless.
5. Paragraph endings: whether each paragraph's last line lands or trails off.
Give no more than 10 notes, each with the quote and a one-line suggestion (reorder, split, cut). Then tell me whether the overall rhythm creates the effect I want. Don't rewrite the passage.
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“Read-Aloud Rhythm Check on a Key Passage” is a free prompt for ChatGPT in the Writing & Creative category, 166 words long, added to The Prompt Index on October 28, 2026 by The Prompt Index. Copy it with the button above, paste it into ChatGPT or any other AI chat assistant, and send it.
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{{PASSAGE}}, {{DESIRED_EFFECT}}.
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