Which two words from the excerpt best contribute to the Gothic mood and tone of the story? The Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allan Poe

Having deposited our mournful burden upon tressels within this region of horror, we partially turned aside the yet unscrewed lid of the coffin, and looked upon the face of the tenant. A striking similitude between the brother and sister now first arrested my attention; and Usher, divining, perhaps, my thoughts, murmured out some few words from which I learned that the deceased and himself had been twins, and that sympathies of a scarcely intelligible nature had always existed between them. Our glances, however, rested not long upon the dead—for we could not regard her unawed. The disease which had thus entombed the lady in the maturity of youth, had left, as usual in all maladies of a strictly cataleptical character, the mockery of a faint blush upon the bosom and the face, and that suspiciously lingering smile upon the lip which is so terrible in death.

Word choices:
horror
arrested
murmured
unawed
entombed
mockery
lingering

Horror, entombed.

Explanation:

Edgar Allen Poe's gothic novel "The Fall of the House of Usher" revolves around the story of an unnamed narrator's visit to his friend's house. The events of the house of Usher will bring the end of the house as well as the Usher family.

The gothic genre of any writing deals with themes of uncertainty, horror, suspense, supernatural elements, etc. And among the words given in the question, the two words that contribute to the Gothic mood and tone of the story are horror and entombed. They helped add to the mystery and suspense of the story.

Thus, the correct answers are horror and entombed.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)