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OpenStudy (anonymous):

Great Expectations by Charles wingspanens (excerpt) "Show us where you live," said the man. "Pint out the place!" I pointed to where our village lay, on the flat in-shore among the alder-trees and pollards, a mile or more from the church. The man, after looking at me for a moment, turned me upside down, and emptied my pockets. There was nothing in them but a piece of bread. When the church came to itself,—for he was so sudden and strong that he made it go head over heels before me, and I saw the steeple under my feet,—when the church came to itself, I say, I was seated on a high tombston

OpenStudy (conqueror):

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OpenStudy (conqueror):

What about the story?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

trembling while he ate the bread ravenously. "You young dog," said the man, licking his lips, "what fat cheeks you ha' got." I believe they were fat, though I was at that time undersized for my years, and not strong. "Darn me if I couldn't eat em," said the man, with a threatening shake of his head, "and if I han't half a mind to't!" I earnestly expressed my hope that he wouldn't, and held tighter to the tombstone on which he had put me; partly, to keep myself upon it; partly, to keep myself from crying.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Which element of style does the author use to build the mood of this passage? word choice sentence structure an ironic tone interior monologue

OpenStudy (conqueror):

Not sure, sorry.

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