Question

Please help, this is for the unit 1 Inside The Nightmare story: The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe!

Answer 1

Answer:

1. Below are the correct answers to the spaces in the paragraph. I will number them in order of how they are in the paragraph:

1. tumultuous

2. antiguity

3. fissure

4. rending

5. annihilate

6. dissolution

2. Explaining the context clues that help me to determine the correct words:

1. tumultuous: This is correct because it means stormy and explosive. Actually, winds can be stormy and explosive.

2. antiguity: This is correct because it talks about something that's ancient or old. From the paragraph, we discover that it was stated that it had not been popular for a century.

3. fissure: This is correct because it means an opening due to a crack. It's seen that as the narrator kept knocking, the fissure was being created.

4. rending: This is correct because it means to divide, break or tear something into halves. The narrator spoke about tearing down the ancient slab in two.

5. annihilate: This is correct because it means to utterly destroy. This means that he almost wanted to destroy the door.

6. dissolution: This is correct because it means to dismiss or dissolve an assembly or a gathering. The narrator wanted to dissolve the Usher's family.