Read the excerpt from Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher." Shaking this off with a gasp and a
struggle, I uplifted myself upon
the intense darkness of the chamber, hearkened -- I
the pillows, and, peering earnestly within
know not why, except that an instinctive spirit prompted
me -- to certain low and indefinite sounds which came,
through the pauses of the storm, at long intervals, I
knew not whence. Overpowered by an intense sentiment of horror, unaccountable yet unendurable, I threw on
my clothes with haste.
Which word from this excerpt could be used to argue that the narrator is unreliable?
"Shaking" suggests the narrator's nervousness.
"Struggle" suggests the narrator's weakness.
"Indefinite* suggests the narrator's lack of knowledge.
"Overpowered* suggests the narrator's lack of control.

What is the “narrow cell” in line 15 of “elegy written in a country churchyard”

He leaned his head against the wall; his eyes were shut, his hands clasped in each other, and his body seemed to be sustained in an upright position merely by the cellar-door against which he rested his left shoulder. the lethargy into which he was sunk seemed scarcely interrupted by my feeling his hand and his forehead. his throbbing temples and burning skin indicated a fever . . there was only one circumstance that hindered me from forming an immediate determination in what manner this person should be treated. my family consisted of my wife and a young child. our servant-maid had been seized, three days before, by the reigning malady, and, at her own request, had been conveyed to the hospital. we ourselves enjoyed good health, and were hopeful of escaping with our lives. our measures for this end had been cautiously taken and carefully adhered to. they did not consist in avoiding the receptacles of infection, for my office required me to go daily into the midst of them; nor in filling the house with the exhalations of gunpowder, vinegar, or tar. they consisted in cleanliness, reasonable exercise, and wholesome diet. who is the story’s first-person narrator

Which element relies on logic, credibility, and emotion? (5 points) rhetorical devices theme statements purpose statements thesis statements