Which of the following elements does not contribute to the dreary mood of this short passage from the novel bleak house by charles dickens? "fog on the essex marshes, fog on the kentish heights. fog creeping into the cabooses of collier-brigs; fog lying out on the yards, and hovering in the rigging of great ships; fog drooping on the gunwales of barges and small boats. fog in the eyes and throats of ancient greenwich pensioners, wheezing by the firesides of their wards; fog in the stem and bowl of the afternoon pipe of the wrathful skipper; fog cruelly pinching the toes and fingers of his shivering little 'prentice boy on deck." infinitives repetition adjectives punctuations

The element that does not contribute to the dreary mood in this short passage from the novel Bleak House by Charles Dickens. Is:

Infinitives

Explanation:

There are two reasons behind this. First of all, infinitives explain the action and communicate that it is continuous. While it doesn't provide any stylistic device to the paragraph. This is important because stylistic devices are the ones used to provide the mood. Second, adjectives are used to explain the form of something, repetition to explain the importance of something, and punctuation to emphasize different parts of the text. While Infinitives only explain what something does.

cabeza de vaca was an spanish explorer and n his long exploration of 11,000.km. from florida to present-day mexico, he went through a series of calamities and setbacks that only added to his deeds. he applied his religious creed with the humanist idea, always current and universal, that all men were equal before god and destiny without any discrimination. as an explorer, he became a slave to the tipinoga, then his shaman pointer, later and after an operation of heart to an indian (from which both came alive) he achieved stardom and became a hero followed by a crowd that professed unusual respect and admiration.

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