The room was warm and clean, the curtains drawn, the two table lamps alight-hers and the one by the empty chair opposite. On the sideboard behind her, two tall glasses, soda water, whiskey. Fresh ice cubes in the Thermos bucket.” How can we describe Dahl’s diction in this opening paragraph?

Explanation:

I think he chose these words because he wants it so the reader can really feel or imagine what the scene feels like.

the correct answer is:

this is an example of the writer telling through description rather than showing through dialogue.

sometimes writers like to explain explicitely what's happening instead of adding dialogues of the situations., which is the case in this passage,

the correct answer is dilapidated.

hope this (: