Read this excerpt from the diary of J. B. Jones’, a Confederate Civil War correspondent. As you read, consider the author’s style of writing. My Diary is surely drawing to a close, and I feel as one about to take leave of some old familiar associate. A habit is to be discontinued—and that is no trifling thing to one of my age. But I may find sufficient employment in revising, correcting, etc. what I have written. I never supposed it would end in this way. What is the BEST way to describe Jones’ style of writing? informal lighthearted formal sarcastic