Read the excerpt from *What Katy Did Next* by Susan Coolidge:

"The September sun was glinting cheerfully into a pretty bedroom furnished with blue. It danced on the glossy hair and bright eyes of two girls, who sat together hemming ruffles for a white muslin dress. The half-finished skirt of the dress lay on the bed, and as each crisp ruffle was completed, the girls added it to the snowy heap."

Which word best describes the style of the passage?

A. formal
B. colloquial
C. informal