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 fled. 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?

it is an example of informal writing.
the sentences have different structures and lengths.
the tone of the piece is conversational.
doyle has avoided the use of descriptive language

The Hound of the Baskervilles, written by Sir Arthur Conand Doyle and published for the first time in 1901, tells the story of the adventures lived by the characters, Dr. Watson and Mr. Holmes regarding the mysteries of a cane left in their office and the subsequent discovery of the mystery behind the curse of the Baskervilles. Throughout the novel, Sir Conan Doyle uses different techniques that allow the reader not only to feel the adventure and experience everything with Watson, who is mainly telling all the events to Homes, but also feel with him the mystery surrounding the events at Baskervilles. Although filled with dialogue and emotion and even prejudice at some points, one of the things that calls to attention about the techniques used in the novel is the use of short sentences, followed sometimes longer ones, that lead the reader to almost become a detective like Watson, and try to guess the answers to the many mysteries being uncovered. In this particular excerpt from chapter 8, Watson uses a combination of questions and statements, some long, others much longer, which leads the reader to follow Watson´s train of thought and question with him the events that have taken place and the recounts of events given by the other characters. Correct answer then is B.

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