English, 23.10.2020 04:01 candlewax2001

1. Read the following passage from The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. As the old man stood there he saw something coming across the moor, something which terrified him so that he lost his wits... There was the long, gloomy tunnel down which he
fied. And from what? A sheep-dog of the moor? Or a spectral hound, black, silent, and monstrous? Was there a human agency in the matter? Did the pale, watchful Barrymore
know more than he cared to say? It was all dim and vague, but always there is the dark shadow of crime behind it.
What do you notice about the style of this passage?
The tone of the plece is conversational.
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Doyle has avoided the use of descriptive language.
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The sentences have different structures and lengths.
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It is an example of informal writing.
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