Question

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Which two excerpts create a dreary mood in the passage?
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
by Washington Irving (excerpt)
About two hundred yards from the tree, a small brook crossed the road, and ran into a marshy and thickly-wooded glen, known by the name of
Wiley's Swamp. A few rough logs, laid side by side, served for a bridge over this stream. On that side of the road where the brook entered the
wood, a group of oaks and chestnuts, matted thick with wild grapevines, threw a cavernous gloom over it. To pass this bridge was the severest
trial. It was at this identical spot that the unfortunate André was captured, and under the covert of those chestnuts and vines were the sturdy
yeomen concealed who surprised him. This has ever since been considered a haunted stream, and fearful are the feelings of the schoolboy who
has to pass it alone after dark.

Answer 1

The excerpts that create a dreary mood highlight 'cavernous gloom' and 'fearful darkness', emphasizing the eerie setting in 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'.

Step-by-step explanation:

The two excerpts from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving that create a dreary mood are:

“A few rough logs, laid side by side, served for a bridge over this stream. On that side of the road where the brook entered the wood, a group of oaks and chestnuts, matted thick with wild grapevines, threw a cavernous gloom over it.” and “The road that led to it, and the bridge itself, were thickly shaded by overhanging trees, which cast a gloom about it, even in the daytime; but occasioned a fearful darkness at night.”

These excerpts use descriptions like “cavernous gloom” and “fearful darkness” to evoke the dreary and haunting atmosphere that characterizes the mood of the story.

Answer 2

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