Period 2
3/7/07
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.
1. Color code the literary devices in the paragraph by using the following key:
red = diction
blue =details
purple =imagery
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. Your explanations need to integrate concrete detail and commentary, and must be 3-4 sentences long.
Dictation such as dull, dark, and soundless offers the connotation of a sad and lonely setting. These examples help reinforce the tone because they offer a type of feeling for the reader to set up the mood. In the next sentence the word oppressively is mentioned which highly represents the negative feeling the passage creates.