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B)the sun was still red and large;the sky above cloudless, and light blue glaze poured over the baking clay. but close over the ground a dirty grey haze hovered. as they followed the lane towards the sea they came to a place where, yesterday, a fair-sized spring had bubbled up by the roadside. nowit was dry again, although gurgling inwardly to itself. but the group of children were hot, far too hot to speak to one anotherand they sat on their ponies as loosely as possible, longing for the sea.the morning advanced. the heated air grew quite easily hotter, as if from some enormous furnace from which it could draw at will. bullocks only shifted their stinging feet when they could bear the soil no longer; even the insects were too lethargic to pipe, the basking lizards hid themselves and panted. it was so still you could have heard the least buzz a mile off. not a naked fish would willingly move his tail. the ponies advanced because they must. the children ceased even to think.

Answer 1

The dominant variety of prose present in the paragraph is descriptive prose as it vividly portrays a place, person, or thing in such a way that the reader can visualise the topic and enter into the writer's experience

Explanation:

• The prose is written words structured the same as spoken words. It is a straightforward or direct writing. A book, short story, article, newspaper, dialogue, factual book, novels, works of criticism, nessays, are examples of prose
• The prose style depends  on who we write for and for what kind of personality we have. There are various subjects and styles. Whatever the number of subjects, they are all prose-like, and each variety can have a different style
• The different varieties of prose are descriptive prose, narrative prose, and expository prose
• Descriptive prose describes things as they are or as they appear to be. In descriptive prose, we are able to see things as they are or were seen or heard or imagined by the describer. A good description brings the vivid details of the author's insight and creates a unique environment. . The author tries to recreate what she saw or imagined by his / her definition. A good description is a word painting

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