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. —poe, "the fall of the house of usher"
which of the following is true about the author’s syntax in this passage?
it emphasizes a minor fear.
it introduces a specific person.
it sets a formal tone.
it suggests a coming storm.

It sets a formal tone.

Explanation:

There's no minor feat specially emphasized in the excerpt. There's also, no suggestion of something terrible to come such as a storm. There's no specific person that is introduced to us. In the end, it's a formal narration about the narrator's experience at that point.

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."

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