Read the selection below from the short story “the pit and the pendulum” by edgar allan poe and use your knowledge of the story to answer the question that follows. down—steadily down it crept. i took a frenzied pleasure in contrasting its downward with its lateral velocity. to the right—to the left—far and wide—with the shriek of a darn spirit! which type of atmosphere does the passage above create? frightening and disquieting exciting and hopeful romantic and content mournful and disappointed

For the strangers that came to town you will write a paragraph explaining the main conflict. you will also compare and contrast the perspectives of the protagonist and antagonist. view the grading rubric as you complete your assignment. this is your guide to a super submission. for this assignment, use the novel or short story you chose to read for module 5. write a paragraph explaining the conflict and the perspectives of the protagonist and antagonist. review the example in the lesson. be sure your paragraph mentions the title and author in the first sentence briefly summarizes the plot identifies the main conflict describes the protagonist’s perspective on the conflict provides a line of dialogue that the protagonist says to support your idea (text support) describes the antagonist’s perspective of the conflict provide a line of dialogue that the antagonist says to support your idea (text support) includes a closing line to summarize the character’s views uses correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling