Storytelling Technique (The Legend of Sleepy Hollow)

The author uses syntax as a storytelling technique. Syntax means the choice of words someone uses in a certain situation. The author uses this when explaining the town. He says, " The whole neighborhood abounds with local tales, haunted spots, and twilight superstitions; stars shoot and meteors glare oftener across the valley than in any other part of the country, and the nightmare, with her whole nine fold, seems to make it the favorite scene of her gambols." By the author using these choice of words it sets the tone as more of a creepy feeling and let's the reader get a more scary feel to the town.