Read the text. The village was deserted, the huts gaped black, rotting, all askew within the fallen enclosures. A calamity had come to it, sure enough. The people had vanished. Mad terror had scattered them, men, women, and children, through the bush, and they had never returned. What became of the hens I don’t know either. I should think the cause of progress got them, anyhow. However, through this glorious affair I got my appointment, before I had fairly begun to hope for it.

Which characteristics of narrative writing are found in this text? Select two options.

wordplay
slang terms
emotional language
descriptive phrases
opposing viewpoints