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Introduction to Dark Romanticism: American Gothic

Question 2 • FL-1001370-English 3 A

Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher."His action was alternately vivacious and sullen. His voice varied rapidly from a tremulous indecision (when the animal spirits seemed utterly in abeyance) to that species of energetic concision—that leaden, self-balanced and perfectly modulate guttural utterance . . . during periods of his most intense excitement.Which short story element does Poe develop in the excerpt?

Answer
A
characterization
B
plot
C
setting
D
conflict

Explanation

The excerpt describes how Usher behaves and speaks, including his shifts between lively and sullen moods and between hesitant and intense speech. These details develop the character’s personality, so the correct choice is characterization. The passage does not mainly describe events, the surroundings, or a struggle.

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