Example: gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust 
Class: pave


Example: unturned 
Class: pave


Example: loyalty 
Class: phalanx


Example: effective 
Class: phalanx


Example: of the guru who helped 
Class: phalanx


Example: if it had been only half-an-hour long or a tv special , the humor would have been fast and furious -- at ninety minutes , it drags 
Class: pave
What is the classification for the passage below?
has deftly trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness . 