what is the best example of formal diction used in this excerpt?
to all to whom these presents shall come, we, the undersigned delegates of the states affixed to our names send greeting

When they reached the door of the lonely house and stopped to unlock it, and the cat came to purr loudly, and rub against them, a deserted p***y, indeed, but fat with young robins, sylvia whispered that this was a beautiful place to live in, and she never should wish to go home. the description of the house in this excerpt gives an example of