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English, 29.09.2019 10:00 jorgeyaritzy2001

Read the passage.

excerpt from "a ghost story" in sketches new and old by mark twain

i took a large room, far up broadway, in a huge old building whose upper stories had been wholly unoccupied for years until i came. the place had long been given up to dust and cobwebs, to solitude and silence. i seemed groping among the tombs and invading the privacy of the dead, that first night i climbed up to my quarters.…

how do the words tombs, invading, and dead shape and enhance the overall tone of this passage?

they create an exciting tone.

they create a sorrowful tone.

they create a comical tone.

they create a threatening tone.

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