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

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...I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled luster by the dwelling...(with) vacant and eye-like windows.

Edgar Allan Poe From "The Fall of the House of Usher."

1. Color code the literary devices in the paragraph by using the following key:

red = diction

blue =details

purple =imagery

dark green =syntax

2. Choose three to five examples of each literary device listed above and explain connotation, and the effect of the literary device on the tone.

Ex: Diction such as " ______," " _______," "_______," and "________" offers the connotation of _________, etc. These examples help reinforce the tone because . . .

Diction such as “dreary tract,” “melancholy,” “precipitous,” “lurid,” and “unruffled luster” offers the connotation of irony. These examples help reinforce the tone because they offer contrast what is said in earlier lines.

Details such as “dull, dark, and soundless,” “in the autumn” “oppressively low” offers the connotation of understanding. These examples help the reader better understand the text and what takes place.

Imagery such as “as the shades of the evening drew on,” and “vacant and eye-like” offers the connotation of a visual pictures. These examples help the reader to see the item in their mind.