Question

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. Now it was dry again, although gurgling inwardly to itself.
But the group of children were hot, far too hot to speak to one another and 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

Answer:

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Answer 2

Comment on the dominant variety of prose

The dominant variety of prose here is Narrative

Explanation:

• Narrative prose refers to any form of writing in which the work is prose rather than poetry and, through acts, tells a definite history. This prose style is used in modern fiction and historical literature .
• The events that form the story occur in a narrative language, and are told throughout the work itself. This kind of prose is generally written at the time of the action takes place and tells the story through the events.
• A narrative  tells us what happened or what happens. It focuses primarily on events. In other words, the explanation of the events is a narrative. It may deal with internal or external events. By internal events, we mean the feelings, thoughts,  and emotions of individuals.  
• The narrative writing attempts to replicate a real or imagined event that we can psychologically remember. We briefly get lost in the characters and events of the narrative. Narratives can deal with the facts or fiction