Dark Hauntings: "The Fall Of The House Of Usher"

3 September 2022
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Read the excerpt from Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." I dared not -- oh, pity me, miserable wretch that I am! -- I dared not -- I dared not speak! We have put her living in the tomb! Said I not that my senses were acute? I now tell you that I heard her first feeble movements in the hollow coffin. I heard them -- many, many days ago -- yet I dare not -- I dared not speak! What is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?
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It emphasizes Usher's sense of terror.
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Read the excerpt from "The Fall of the House of Usher," by Edgar Allan Poe. Although, as boys, we had been even intimate associates, yet I really knew very little of my friend. His reserve had been always excessive and habitual. What does this excerpt reveal about the narrator of the story?
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It describes what the narrator knows from his past.
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Read the excerpt from Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." For several days ensuing, her name was unmentioned by either Usher or myself: and during this period I was busied in earnest endeavours to alleviate the melancholy of my friend. What does this excerpt reveal about the narrator of the story?
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It describes what the narrator experiences in the story.
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Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart," by Edgar Allan Poe. I talked more quickly—more vehemently; but the noise steadily increased. I arose and argued about trifles, in a high key and with violent gesticulations; but the noise steadily increased. Why would they not be gone? I paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited to fury by the observations of the men?—but the noise steadily increased. What is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?
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It emphasizes the narrator's paranoia.
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Read the excerpt from Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." I looked upon the scene before me -- upon the mere house, and the simple landscape features of the domain -- upon the blank walls -- upon the vacant eye-like windows -- upon a few rank sedges -- and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees -- with an utter depression of soul. What is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?
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It emphasizes the sizeable burden imposed by the summons.
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Read the excerpt from Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." I say that even their exceeding density did not prevent our perceiving this -- yet we had no glimpse of the moon or stars -- nor was there any flashing forth of the lightning. But the under surfaces of the huge masses of agitated vapour, as well as all terrestrial objects immediately around us, were glowing in the unnatural light of a faintly luminous and distinctly visible gaseous exhalation which hung about and enshrouded the mansion. Which statement best describes the effect of the narration on the story?
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The narration suggests a supernatural presence at the dwelling.
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Read the excerpt from "The Oval Portrait," by Edgar Allan Poe. But it could have been neither the execution of the work, nor the immortal beauty of the countenance, which had so suddenly and so vehemently moved me. Least of all, could it have been that my fancy, shaken from its half slumber, had mistaken the head for that of a living person. I saw at once that the peculiarities of the design, of the vignetting, and of the frame, must have instantly dispelled such idea—must have prevented even its momentary entertainment. What is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?
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It emphasizes the narrator's denial.
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Read the excerpt from Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." The conditions of the sentience had been here, he imagined, fulfilled in the method of the collocation of these stones -- in the order of their arrangement, as well as in that of the many fungi which overspread them, and of the decayed trees which stood around -- above all, in the long undisturbed endurance of this arrangement, and in its reduplication in the still waters of the tarn. What is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?
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It emphasizes the tedious details of Usher's beliefs.
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Read the excerpt from Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. Which best describes the mood created by the narration in this excerpt?
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gloomy and bleak
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Read the excerpt from Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." It was, perhaps, the narrow limits to which he thus confined himself upon the guitar, which gave birth, in great measure, to the fantastic character of his performances. What does this excerpt reveal about the narrator of the story?
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It provides an inference drawn by the narrator.