Question

(MC)Read the sentence below and answer the following question:

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"

What has the author done to create a tone of seriousness in this piece?

Answer 1

(MC)Read the sentence below and answer the following question:

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"

What has the author done to create a tone of seriousness in this piece?
He has used a long sentence with complex syntax to ask the reader to pay close attention. He has used a meaningless sentence with broken syntax to make a point about grammar. He has written a sentence using descriptive syntax about a strange summer day of cold. He has written a short sentence with traditional syntax to make the reading easy for all.