Contrast is finding the difference and comparing is finding the similarities
The right answer is letter b: <em>the houses in both passages are described as having an air of rot, gloom and loneliness</em>.
Poe's character describes Mr. Roderick Usher's house as one he cannot help to consider a "melancholy view" where "there was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart" . Said house caused an "insufferable gloom" in the observer's spirit.
In a similar thread of thought, Bierce's tale about the Manton house describes its looks as sufficient to affirm it is<em> "haunted"</em>. He describes the house as <em>"slowly falling into decay"</em> as <em>"cobwebs weave in the angles of the walls like strips of rotting lace..."</em> all while standing <em>"a little way off the loneliest reach of the Marshall and Harriston road". </em>
The glove represents a part of his former life that is still meaningful to him. He thinks the papers do not.
C. mi bisabuela is the correct answer
Answer:
Below is the story:
Kev leaned heavily against the kitchen table where he sat, elbows propped, chin in his hands. Inspiration would not come, though he had long pondered the essay topic in front of him. He exhaled a dreary sigh, the sound of which was interrupted by a drip from the kitchen faucet. Kev's eyelids drooped, and his thoughts drifted.
The correct 3 OPTIONS that apply are:
✔️long pondered
✔️dreary sigh
✔️eyelids drooped
Explanation:
The above options are correct because they reveal the pace of the story.
They explain the gradual effect of what was happening to Kev as he tried to gather and get inspiration for what he wanted to write.
