What technique most contributes to the pace of the following excerpt?

"There was no moon. What a night! I was frightened, horribly frightened in these narrow paths, between two rows of graves. Graves! graves! graves! nothing but graves!"

repetition of words

long descriptive phrases

long drawn-out sentences

none of the above

Question

Mollie Barrett

English

25 July, 17:00

What technique most contributes to the pace of the following excerpt?

"There was no moon. What a night! I was frightened, horribly frightened in these narrow paths, between two rows of graves. Graves! graves! graves! nothing but graves!"

repetition of words

long descriptive phrases

long drawn-out sentences

none of the above

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Answers (2)

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Carsen · Answer 1

D. none of the above

Zachary · Answer 2

This excerpt doesn't contain enough 'drawn-out sentences' to attract the eye of the reader. I feel like you would be correct to assume that 'A. Repetition of words' is the right answer. The text repeats 'frightened, horribly frightened' and the word 'graves' to give a ghoulish sense of rhythm.