With skis on and poles in hand, Nate inched toward the ski lift. He felt his hands grip the poles tighter and tighter with every shuffle. Would he be able to catch a ride without falling? Nate stood in place and waited for the moving seat to arrive. With a gentle nudge, it scooped him up and took him to meet the blue-eyed sky. Which statement best describes the last sentence of this paragraph?

It uses figurative language to vary the style and affect the tone.
It uses figurative language that interrupts the flow.
It varies the sentence structure and makes the paragraph harder to read.
It varies the sentence structure while maintaining the tone.

Read the excerpt from poe’s "the fall of the house of usher." his ordinary occupations were neglected or forgotten. he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, an objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue -- but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. which statement best describes the effect of the narration on the story? the narration reveals usher’s feelings of discouragement. the narration reveals usher’s absent-mindedness after his loss. the narration suggests usher’s confusion in the wake of his loss. the narration suggests usher’s mental decline after his sister’s death.