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 windws.

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.

Diction such as "heavens," " evening," " luster," offers the connotation of c, etc. These examples help reinforce the tone because  it decribes the story very well with excellent diction like �luster by the dwelling shows that there are other things to use that dwelling.

Details such as " vacant," " dark," "precipitous brink ," and "shades" offers the connotation of , etc. These examples help reinforce the tone because its sets the tone of the story when it talks about the exact details of the story tht makes it seem more realistic.

Imagery such as " dreary," " eye-like," " shades," and �lurid " offers the connotation of connotation, etc. These examples help reinforce the tone because this also sets the setting and it also shows a visual representation of what is going on inside the story.

Syntax such as " long and involved," " declarative and assertive," "compound complex sentence," and "parallel structure" offers the connotation of _________, etc. These examples help reinforce the tone because it makes the story become more speeded up, slowed down, anxious, and basically the flow. This is very important because it doesn�t have to be datiled, but it can if it wants to.
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