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

I was quite a child, but I well remember it. I never shall forget it whilst I remember any thing. It was the first of a long series of such outrages, of which I was doomed to be a witness and a participant. It struck me with awful force. It was the blood-stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery, through which I was about to pass. It was a most terrible spectacle. I wish I could commit to paper the feelings with which I beheld it.

Question

Which element of style does the author use to build the grim mood of this passage?
word choice
sentence structure
an ironic tone
interior monologue

I was quite a child, but I well remember it. I never shall forget it whilst I remember any thing. It was the first of a long series of such outrages, of which I was doomed to be a witness and a participant. It struck me with awful force. It was the blood-stained gate, the entrance to the hell of slavery, through which I was about to pass. It was a most terrible spectacle. I wish I could commit to paper the feelings with which I beheld it.

anonymous · Answer

i think is b because word choice affects the tone or style

love_ranaa · Answer

I think you're right

anonymous · Answer

I think it would be word choice.
If he didn't use words like "doomed" and "blood-stained" it wouldn't have the same effect.