Read the following scene:
in the midst of the shadows of the dark room, she
glimpsed a shadow ducking from view. her heart nearly
stopped as her mother materialized in front of her. face
gaunt and bony arms reaching, her mother tried to speak
but could not form words. how could it be? she had died
five years ago.
which characteristic of gothic writing does this passage best illustrate?
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a. a melancholy, gloomy tone
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b. nature's deadliness
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c. a supernatural theme
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d. heavy use of symbolism

The correct answer is C. a supernatural theme.

Explanation:

Gothic literature refers to the type of writing that employs dark, melancholic, gloomy themes, supernatural elements, horror, fear, darkness, etc. In the excerpt above, we can see that the narrator just saw an apparition, a ghost of her dead mother who died five years before. This element is obviously supernatural, as ghosts aren't real. But this theme fits Gothic writing perfectly.

Some famous Gothic writers include Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Victor Hugo, and many others.

the autor of the text is bringing the point that one achievment of the president john f. kennedy was a success and this caused the next president to use a similar idea. the purposefor the use of the quotation in the text is to support the idea that peace corps was a result of the president's call. in this case, the quotation is presented as part of the writing and does not stand on its own.

answer a.

we know that, volume of a rectangular prism is given by :

✿   {length × width × height}

given : the length of rectangular prism = 5.5

given : the width of rectangular prism = 6

given : the height of rectangular prism = 3

⇒ the volume of given rectangular prism = {5.5 × 6 × 3}

⇒ the volume of given rectangular prism = 99