In the passage below, select the word that uses the au spelling and creates the ȯ sound. The house was perched at the top of a hill, at the end of a long, windy path. Townspeople avoided the house, some even believing it was haunted.

Select the words that use the au spelling and create the ȯ sound.Hint: There are two au spellings to find. Tom looked down at the exam papers and gulped. It was daunting to see all the questions, row upon row. His plan was to skip questions he didn't automatically know the answer to and come back to them later.

elect the words that use the au spelling and create the ȯ sound.Hint: There are three au spellings to find. The audition for the performance took place on a Saturday. In the audience was the director of the show. Sarah was starting to feel a bit nauseous. What if everyone laughed at her?

Read the excerpt from the passage.I know not how it was but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. I looked upon the scene before me; upon the mere house, and the simple landscape—upon the bleak walls—upon the vacant eye-like windows, upon a few rank marsh plants, and upon a few white trunks of decayed trees with an utter depression of soul which I can compare to no earthly sensation.How does the author's word choice evoke a sense of place? A. The author's word choice suggests that the House of Usher is old. B. The author's word choice suggests that the House of Usher is grotesque. C. The author's word choice suggests that the House of Usher is desolate. D. The author's word choice suggests that the House of Usher is terrifying.

Read this passage from "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe: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.Which word contributes to the Gothic tone of the passage?A.heavensB.singularlyC.oppressivelyD.countrySUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read the following passage from Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven.” Which sound device is expressed by the bolded letters?Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary …alliterationrefrainrhythmrhyme