Which statement best describes how poe creates mood in the excerpt? read this excerpt from "the bells” by edgar allan poe. in the startled ear of night how they scream out their affright! too much horrified to speak, they can only shriek, shriek, out of tune, a. poe uses onomatopoeia to create a frustrated mood. b. poe uses onomatopoeia to create a serious mood. c. poe uses onomatopoeia and rhyme to create a mood of panic. d. poe uses onomatopoeia and rhyme to create a mood of disbelief.

C. Poe uses onomatopoeia and rhyme to create a mood of panic.

An onomatopoeia is a word that sounds the same as its meaning. Examples of onomatopoeia's are bang, smack, thud, shriek. Poe also uses rhyme with the words night - affright, speak-shriek. The shorter lines, harsh sounds, onomatopoeia, and rhyme all create this mood of panic that describes the alarm bells.

either a donut or a sphere or a pancake or a flat sphere. it depends on where the vertical line is.

if the line goes through the center of the circle and is perpendicular to a diameter containing the center, then you get a flat circle.

if the line and the diameter of a the circle meet in the center of the diameter and at an angle, you get a pancake.

if the line is on the circumference of the circle and is at right angles   to the circle you get a ring.

if the line contains the diameter, you get a sphere.

the the line is parallel to the diameter and touches the circumference, you get a donut.

as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.