What technique most contributes to the pace of the following excerpt? . \"there was no moon. what a night! i was frightened, horribly frightened in these narrow paths, between two rows of graves. graves! graves! graves! nothing but graves! . a. repetition of words. b. long descriptive phrases. c. long drawn-out sentences. d. none of the above

The correct answer is A. repetition of words. You can see in this excerpt by Guy de Maupassant that the narrator is constantly repeating words and phrases such as 'I was frightened, horribly frightened,' and 'graves! graves! graves! nothing but graves!' which contributes to the pace of this excerpt - it makes everything feel as if it was happening really fast.