Read the excerpt from poe’s "the fall of the house of usher."
his eyes were bent fixedly before him, and throughout his whole countenance there reigned a stony rigidity. but, as i placed my hand upon his shoulder, there came a strong shudder over his whole person; a sickly smile quivered about his lips; and i saw that he spoke in a low, hurried, and gibbering murmur, as if unconscious of my presence.
which statement best describes the effect of narration on the story?
the narration cultivates sympathy for usher’s illness.
the narration cultivates concern about the men’s friendship.
the narration cultivates dread about usher’s mental demise.
the narration cultivates hatred for usher and his sister.

C) The narration cultivates dread about Usher’s mental demise.

Explanation: in the given excerpt from "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe, we can see that the narration cultivates dread about Usher's mental demise, we can see that in the phrases "a sickly smile quivered about his lips," "he spoke in a low, hurried, and gibbering murmur, as if unconscious of my presence" with that behavior, his friend realized that Usher's mental illness was very advanced.

b. his ability to use formal language to stress strong feelings

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)