Click to read the passage from "The Fall of the House of Usher," by Edgar
Allan Poe. Then answer the question.
What about the passage's setting helps create a tone of suspense?
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A. The characters in the house are clearly wealthy because their
house has a name.
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B. The story feels spiritual because of the mention of "heavens."
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C. Because the narrator is on horseback, the reader is aware that the
story takes place in another century.
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D. The darkness creates a sense of unease.