Exit edgar allan poe believed that every word in a story should contribute to a single effect. what is the single effect in the story "the masque of the red death"? a. illness b. merriment c. horror d. masquerade

C. horror

Explanation:

Bearing in mind that Edgar Allan Poe was a writer generally recognized as one of the universal teachers of the short story, of which he was one of the first practitioners in his country. He was a renovator of the Gothic novel, especially remembered for his horror stories. Considered the inventor of the detective story, he also contributed several works to the emerging genre of science fiction. and keeping in mind the story "The Masque of the Red Death", we can affirm that the effect sought in his narrative was always to cause horror in the reader.

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