Warm up: Sentence Deconstruction, Part 2

1. Warm up: Sentence Deconstruction, Part 2 Friday, November 22

2. Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely perceptible fissure, which, extending from the roof of the building in front, made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction, until it became lost in the sullen waters of the tarn. What is the subject? A. Observer C. Eye B. Fissure D. Roof

3. Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely perceptible fissure, which, extending from the roof of the building in front, made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction, until it became lost in the sullen waters of the tarn. What is the verb? A. Extending C. Might B. Might have discovered D. Made

4. Perhaps the eye of a scrutinizing observer might have discovered a barely perceptible fissure, which, extending from the roof of the building in front, made its way down the wall in a zigzag direction, until it became lost in the sullen waters of the tarn. What is the object? A. Building C. Tarn B. Observer D. Fissure

5. “We sat down; and for some moments, while he spoke not, I gazed upon him with a feeling half of pity, half of awe. Surely, man had never before so terribly altered, in so brief a period, as had Roderick Usher!” (298) How does Poe introduce readers to Roderick Usher? What effect is created by this description?