What is the relationship between place and literature in edgar allan poe's "the fall of usher"?
a. the old fashioned setting establishes the time frame in which the events take place.
b. the sophisticated place in poes story serves to explain the characters sense of fashion, way of speaking, and culture
c. the bleak and dark setting of the story provides the backdrop for the macabre events

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

Based on structural elements what type of expository text does this excerpt from a 1917 congressional address by president woodrow wilson exemplify

How does edgar allen poe build suspense in “the raven”