P570

1. Point out the way Poe starts three successive paragraphs with  the word down to create a parallel structure that builds suspense. Explain how suspense is created here.
" Down
   still
 unceasingly
still inevitably
down! I gasped
and struggled
at each
vibration. "

2. Point out that the first-person point of view enables the author to fucus intensely on the narrator's thoughts and feelings. Identify words that indicate focus on thoughts and feelings.

3. Unique in this case means "single " or "the only one". What is the narrator saying about the bandage that ties him down.

4. enveloped in this case means "covered completely" and that save in this case means "except". Explain what is the narrator saying about the surcingle.