Which detail in this excerpt helps create the pace and mood?
Read the following excerpt from The Jungle Book by
Rudyard Kipling
There he checked, for he heard the yell of the Pack
hunting, heard the bellow of a hunted Sambhur, and the
snort as the buck turned at bay. Then there were
wicked, bitter howls from the young wolves: "Akela!
Akela! Let the Lone Wolf show his strength. Room for
the leader of our Pack! Spring, Akela!"
"he checked
turned at bay
leader of our Pack!"
Spring, Akela!"