Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game," by
Richard Connell.
The descriptive language presents a visual image of a room
that is
The dining room to which Ivan conducted him was in many
ways remarkable. There was a medieval magnificence
about it; it suggested a baronial hall of feudal times with its
oaken panels, its high ceiling, its vast refectory table where
twoscore men could sit down to eat. About the hall were
mounted heads of many animals lions, tigers, elephants,
moose, bears; larger or more perfect specimens Rainsford
had never seen. At the great table the general was sitting,
alone.