What element of gothic literature is present in the following excerpt?
"as the cab drew up before the address indicated, the fog lifted a little and showed him a dingy street, a gin palace, a low french eating house, a shop for the retail
of penny numbers and two-penny salads, many ragged children bundled in the doorways, and many women of many different nationalities passing out, key in hand,
to have a morning glass; and the next moment the fog settled down again upon that part, as brown as umber, and cut him off from his blackguardly surroundings."
a. mental madness
b. existence of heroes
c. overcoming adversity
d. mysterious, scary, or strange settings

Agood persuasive essay topic cannot be a. a fact b. debatable c. something somebody else has already written about

Read the excerpt from "save the redwoods."another, one of the finest in the grove, more than three hundred feet high, was skinned alive to a height of one hundred and sixteen feet from the ground and the bark sent to london to show how fine and big that calaveras tree was—as sensible a scheme as skinning our great men would be to prove their greatness.which  best  describes how the excerpt appeals to readers’ emotions? the excerpt provides facts about the tree, which impresses readers’ scientific minds.the excerpt describes how the tree traveled to london, which excites the readers’ sense of adventure.the excerpt compares the tree to a person, which makes readers feel sympathetic toward the tree.the excerpt explains how to skin a tree, which makes readers feel awed at the height of the tree.

In describing jimmy wells as the truest, most loyal fellow, what tone is conveyed