Question

Which sentences in this excerpt from Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Contest" suggest that the author’s tone is mocking?

Answer 1

Then suddenly the singer threw up his face, straightened his tubby figure, rose upon his tiptoes, and with wagging head and scarlet cheeks emitted such a howl as the same dog might have given had his growl been checked by a kick from his master.This part shows that the author mock the simge as he depiCts him like a dog.The clue here is wagging/howling just like a dog

Answer 2

Answer:

The low note was a grunting, a rumble, the deep discordant growling of an ill-conditioned dog.

Many a singer far better than this absurd fop had been driven amid execration and abuse from the platform.

All the while the lyre twanged and thrummed, sometimes in front of and sometimes behind the voice of the singer.