Question

1. the decay and collapse of the house in the fall of the house of usher by edgar allan poe is meant to represent the collapse of usher’s fragile sanity. this is an example of______

○ gothic literature
○ the single effect
○ strong language

Explanation:

In "The Fall of the House of Usher", the house's decay and collapse mirror the Usher family's (especially Roderick's) mental decline. The "single effect" is a Poe's theory: a story should create a single emotional effect. The house's collapse creating the effect of madness/collapse of sanity fits this. Gothic literature is the genre, not the literary device here. "Strong language" is irrelevant. So the correct option is about the single effect.

Answer:

B. the single effect (assuming the middle option is B, with the text "the single effect")