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!
A. Repetition of words
B. long descriptive phrases
C. long drawn-out sentences
D. None of the above

Question

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!
A. Repetition of words
B. long descriptive phrases
C. long drawn-out sentences
D. None of the above

anonymous · Answer

Take a guess, what do you think it would be?

anonymous · Answer

A?

anonymous · Answer

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.

anonymous · Answer

Totally agree.