<span>be academically successful.</span>
1) Be physically active/fit
2) Be kind
3) Study hard
4) Work hard
5) Have a healthy sleep schedule
6) Travel
7) Eat well
8) Find/meet good friends
9) Take time for yourself
10) Get homework done on time
:)
Some of the elements which can be considered to be gothic in "the pit and the pendulum" are darkness, internal struggle, horror and terror experienced by the main character, lack of freedom, torture, etc.
First, you might want to take some of your spelling into account, (ou, cloths). And I think the main problem with this is that there are too many short sentences. Try making compound sentences using conjunctions. It’s technically grammatically correct, and if you were to write like that on the SAT, it still technically would be counted as correct, but it’s good to get into the habit of using conjunctions when writing.