The Fall of the House of Usher and "House Taken Over" both involve strange, supernatural events that affect the houses and the characters. However, the two stories differ in the way they use description as a basis for the story’s structure. Both authors build the structure from description, but they do so in different ways and create different overall moods, or feelings. Explain how description differs in the two texts, and what effects each type of description creates in terms of the overall mood of the story?

Plz asap read this sentence from paragraph 3 of the article. the boys and girls are merely asked to obtain the signatures of ten friends or relatives. how does the word "merely" affect the meaning of the sentence? a- it suggests that asking people to subscribe to the washington times is something negative. b- it implies that obtaining ten signatures is not a requirement for receiving a prize. c- it downplays the fact that to win the prize, children must ask people to subscribe to the washington times. d- it emphasizes that children receive the prize only if they obtain ten signatures.