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Inside, the room smelled of dust, polish and something colder, like coins held too long
in the palm. Cabinets stood against the walls in solemn rows. Their curved glass fronts
caught the ceiling light and bent it into cloudy moons. On the nearest shelf, porcelain
birds stared from their painted branches, each beak open in a song that had never
made a sound.
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Elias stepped further in. His keys tapped against his hip, too loud in the padded hush.
At the centre of the room stood a narrow cabinet he did not remember seeing before.
It was darker than the others, made of wood that seemed to drink the light rather than reflect it
Look in detail at this extract, from lines 10 to 18 of the source:
How does the writer use language here to describe the cabinet room as strange and secretive?
You could include the writer's choice of:
- Words and phrases
- Language features and techniques
- Sentence forms
(Marks: 8)
