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xxTIMURxx [149]
3 years ago
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Read this passage from "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe: There was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the

heart an unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. What was it I paused to think what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the House of Usher? Which word contributes to the Gothic tone of the passage? A. sinking B. imagination C. heart D. contemplation
English
2 answers:
Nataliya [291]3 years ago
6 0
The answer is A: sinking because gothic means something’s gloomy and eerie. Sinking is the only word that is gloomy and eerie. Hope this helped!
Doss [256]3 years ago
4 0

Answer: A. Sinking.

Explanation: The tone of a story or a text is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the subject, the audience or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like positive, negative, happy, objective, sad, angry, etc. A gothic tone usually contains elements of fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as romantic elements, such as nature, individuality, and very high emotion. In the given passage from "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, the word "sinking" contributes to the gothic tone.

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