Read this passage from "the fall of the house of usher" by edgar allan poe: there was an iciness, a sinking, a sickening of the heart an unredeemed dreariness of thought which no goading of the imagination could torture into aught of the sublime. what was it i paused to think what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the house of usher? which word contributes to the gothic tone of the passage? a. sinking b. imagination c. heart d. contemplation

A. Sinking.

Explanation: The tone of a story or a text is the author's or speaker's attitude towards the subject, the audience or even the characters of the text. There are many different kinds of tones, like positive, negative, happy, objective, sad, angry, etc. A gothic tone usually contains elements of fear, horror, death, and gloom, as well as romantic elements, such as nature, individuality, and very high emotion. In the given passage from "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, the word "sinking" contributes to the gothic tone.

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the correct answer is option d. none of these. it is noted that options a, b, and c share the same content.

despite the valid answer provided at the last sentence of each of the options, a question/answer format shouldn't include humourous themed responses such as "you bet your thermal pj's we do." - unless of course, the answer is carried out in an informal environment. this could be replaced with a simple "yes" or "it is necessary".

the question should be re-phrased to a more appropiate syntaxis. instead of "do we need the greenhouse effect? ", it should be written as "is the greenhouse effect necessary? " in order to give it a general scope, instead of limiting the answer to the needs of "we" the humans.