Read this line from "the fall of the house of usher" by edgar allen poe: the silken hair, too, had been suffered to grow all unheeded, and as, in its wild gossamer texture, it floated rather than fell about the face, i could not, even with effort, connect its arabesque expression with any idea of simple humanity. which pair of words from the sentence above gives clues to the meaning of the word gossamer? question 7 options: 1) fell, simple 2) grow, humanity 3) silken, floated 4) unheeded, wild

In "The Fall of the House of Usher", by Edgar Allan Poe, the pair of words from the sentence that gives clues to the meaning of the word gossamer is option

The word gossamer means the thread that spiders weave to make the web. So the words that give us clue of this meaning are unheeded, that means something to which no attention is paid and wild that means uncontrolled.

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evidence, such as facts or examples, to support claims.

reasoning to develop ideas and to connect claims and evidence.

stylistic or persuasive elements, such as word choice or appeals to emotion, to add power to the ideas expressed.

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