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, and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. What literary device does Poe use to develop mood in the first sentence of paragraph 1? A) alliteration B) hyperbole C) metaphor D) simile

Explanation:

I think its A because theres no hyperbole or metaphor or simile, So im kinda sure its A. Hope this helped.

i would say c, admiration because the narrator related to the main character and she, too, once felt ashamed about her culture and wished to be an american girl to impress a boy. she felt admiration because her mom prepared her favorite foods when her and robert's (the guy she liked) family all came together and had a family reunion.

c, his tragic flaw to cause his downfall