The raven (excerpt) edgar allan poe once upon a midnight dreary, while i pondered, weak and weary, over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore- while i nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as of some one gently rapping - rapping at my chamber door. "'tis some visitor," i muttered, "tapping at my chamber door- only this and nothing more." ah, distinctly i remember, it was in the bleak december, and each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. eagerly i wished the morrow - vainly i had sought to borrow from my books surcease of sorrow - sorrow for the lost lenore- for the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name lenore- nameless here for evermore. and the silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; so that now, to still the beating of my heart, i stood repeating "'tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door- some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door- this it is and nothing more." presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, "sir," said i, "or madam, truly your forgiveness i implore; but the fact is i was napping, and so gently you came rapping, and so faintly you came tapping - tapping at my chamber door, that i scarce was sure i heard you - here i opened wide the door: - darkness there and nothing more. read the passage on the left to answer the following questions: 21) what is the effect of the organization of this poem? a) the urgency of the matter becomes more evident. b) the speaker's reaction gets less pronounced. c) the suspense gives way to tranquility over time. d) the speaker's paranoia becomes more pronounced.

The answer IS D. The speaker’s paranoia becomes more pronounced.

D) The speaker's paranoia becomes more pronounced.

Explanation:

Edgar Allan Poe is considered one of the greates horror writers to ever lived, he wrote mostly suspense and fantasy, but for his time and historic context his writtings were revolutionary, in the Raven, which is one of his greatest poems he describes a person, the narrator going crazy over the presence of a Raven that he can not quite put his finger on what is wrong with. The organization of the poem makes the narrator´s paranoid more evident as the reading advances.

the correct answer is (a); the angles, saxons, jutes, picts, and celts

explanation:

source text: from the sketch here given it will be seen, that our good grandmothers differed considerably in their ideas of a fine figure, from their scantily dressed descendants of the present day. a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. nor were they the less admired by the gentlemen in consequence thereof. on the contrary, the greatness of a lover's passion seemed to increase in proportion to the magnitude of its object—and a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. certain it is, that in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen - - the reason of which i conclude to be, either that the hearts of the gentlemen have grown larger, or the persons of the ladies smaller — this however is a question for physiologists to determine. add punctuation to the following excerpt. writing under the name of diedrich knickerbocker washington irving aimed his potent satire at as diverse topics as political rivals such as thomas jefferson to the very ideal of looking back on the past affectionately: a fine lady, in those times, waddled under more clothes even on a fair summer's day, than would have clad the whole bevy of a modern ball room. a voluminous damsel, arrayed in a dozen of petticoats, was declared by a low-dutch sonnetteer of the province, to be radiant as a sunflower, and luxuriant as a full blown cabbage. in those days, the heart of a lover could not contain more than one lady at a time; whereas the heart of a modern gallant has often room enough to accommodate half a dozen