Generally, you only use one emphasized word/phrase per sentence, otherwise the entire thing feels stilted and unnatural.
In panel 3, the only word that really needs to be bolded is âtrueâ; the rest of them just break the flow.
Eh, Iâd disagree. And I think this is where it becomes a matter of taste. When I see it, I read it with the emphasis in my head. It does add something for me. Maybe because I choose to do my writing similarly, that this sort of matters to me. Youâre probably right that a lot of people overlook it. To each their own, I guess.
Itâs a matter of taste to a certain extent, but panel three really doesnât make sense. It doesnât match up with how anyone would naturally vocally emphasize that sentence and it doesnât highlight any important meaning either. If you emphasize too many words in a sentence, you get a similar effect to audio compression causing a loss of dynamic range. Humans experience stimulation by contrast: if everything is emphasized, nothing is.
Itâs also worth noting that italicized text is often a better choice for this kind of emphasis. In any case, the visual noise makes it difficult to read past a certain point.
But think of the way people talk to kids. Exactly like itâs written.
âSometimes [pause] people will say things juuust to make you feel badâŚâ
People are very expressive with kids. Itâs not baby talk, itâs kid talk. I dunno why people do it, maybe itâs a worry some kids wonât get the point of whatâs being said without over the top expressions and spelling out the exact meaning of the sentence with tone. So, to me, that is why this particular one makes sense.