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(MC) Read these lines from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens: The cold wind seemed to blow colder there than outside the gate; and it made a shrill noise in howling in and out at the open sides of the brewery, like the noise of wind in the rigging of a ship at sea. What overall impression does this description give of the house the narrator is approaching? The house is forbidding and a bit frightening. The house seems like an adventure to explore. The house holds many unexpected surprises. The house makes unexpected but light-hearted sounds.

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The overall impression that this description gives of the house that the narrator is approaching in these lines from Great Expectations by Charles Dickens is: The house is forbidding and a bit frightening.

The lines shows how the house seems to be frightening due to its sounds and setting.

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