During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, i had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country, and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy house of usher. —poe, "the fall of the house of usher"
which of the following is true about the author’s syntax in this passage?
it emphasizes a minor fear.
it introduces a specific person.
it sets a formal tone.
it suggests a coming storm.

It sets a formal tone.

Explanation:

There's no minor feat specially emphasized in the excerpt. There's also, no suggestion of something terrible to come such as a storm. There's no specific person that is introduced to us. In the end, it's a formal narration about the narrator's experience at that point.

faulty parallelism is a construction in which two or more parts of a sentence are equivalent in meaning but not grammatically similar in form.

the correct version of this faulty parallelism in the sentence is:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

the problem is the last sentence, the first two have a basic subject+verb+object structure.

so, to give a proper balance to the structure, or better said, to give a parallel structure, we must write a basic s+v+o structure in all three sentences:

the hikers knew that the hike was six miles, that it usually required the entire day, and it would not be wise to start after 10: 00 a.m.

answer: group ii. when the root is a full word except for a final e, the forms usually are spelled with -able.

explanation: the word will be deplorable. -able will be used with the word 'deplore-'. the group ii is when the root is a full word except for a final e, the forms usually are spelled with -able is used for the word deplore- because the word deplore- has 'e' at the end of it.