White frequently uses figurative language such as metaphors (direct comparison) and similes (com-
parisons with the use of like or as) in this essay—as
well as hyperbole (exaggeration of a point for em-
phasis). Search through the essay and locate as
many examples of each type of figurative language
as you can. (Suggestion: Highlight the metaphors,
similes, and so on, in your textbook.) Then write a
brief paragraph-possibly using figurative language
yourself-explaining what effect the use of figura-
tive language had on you as a reader.

Read this passage from “the fall of the house of usher.” which element of gothic literature is not obvious in this passage? as if in the superhuman energy of his utterance there had been found the potency of a spell, the huge antique panels to which the speaker pointed threw slowly back, upon the instant, their ponderous and ebony jaws. it was the work of the rushing gust—but then without those doors there did stand the lofty and enshrouded figure of the lady madeline of usher. there was blood upon her white robes, and the evidence of some bitter struggle upon every portion of her emaciated frame. for a moment she remained trembling and reeling to and fro upon the threshold—then, with a low moaning cry, fell heavily inward upon the person of her brother, and in her violent and now final death agonies, bore him to the floor a corpse, and a victim to the terrors he had anticipated. bleak or remote settings supernatural or otherworldly elements macabre or violent incidents strong language full of dangerous meaning