How can the author use connotation to give this this excerpt a more mysterious tone

The denotation of a word is its definition, but the connotation is the extra feeling that a word carries. Using words with different connotations can really change the meaning of a sentence and the tone, which means the attitude of the speaker

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from the excerpt from the "the dark game" the reader can infer that folke cronholm was spying for the allied nations.

first of all wood chucks don't "chuck" wood. none, and for the fun of the answer the amount of wood chucked would be a lot!

explanation:

a wood chuck is a ground hog, it belongs to the family of large underground squirrels. it belongs to the family of marmots. ground hogs eat grasses, berry's, and other vegetation.