Since media res starts right in the middle of the action, it captures the reader’s attention immediately.
The lines from <span>"The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe which help to create the dark and gloomy tone of the poem are your second option:
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<span>Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
It is midnight, so it is dark. Dreary means gloomy, so this should be the correct answer.
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A group of similar things or people positioned or occurring closely together
Ideas and content <span>refers to one of the six writing traits that addresses the thesis, opinion, or theme.
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