TCAP English II EOC Practice Questions - Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program English II End-of-Course Assessment Exam

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Read the excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Fall of the House of Usher': '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.' What tone is primarily established by the author's choice of imagery and diction in this opening sentence?
Correct Answer:
Somber and foreboding

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