Explanation:
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<u>Question 2: How has the writer used language in the extract below to create a mysterious</u>
<u>atmosphere</u>
<u>Answer</u>
<u>(2) Writers build suspense by leaving the most shocking thing to the end of a long sentence. ... Fragments - an incomplete sentence. Sometimes this gives the effect of confusion, ragged thoughts. The incompleteness of the utterance or phrase can create mystery, which increases suspense.</u>
Answer: The second choice.
Explanation:
The simile implies that the two men are poorly kept and dirty from the use of "ragged." "Rags" is defined as "a torn piece of cloth worn from use" usually used to describe the state of someone who is not wealthy who doesn't have expensive or even decent clothes to wear.