Question

At the most remote end of the crypt there appeared another less spacious. Its walls had been lined with human remains, piled to the vault overhead, in the fashion of the great catacombs of Paris. Three sides of this interior crypt were still ornamented in this manner. From the fourth side the bones had been thrown down, and lay promiscuously upon the earth, forming at one point a mound of some size.

The passage above provides a description of which story element?
Character
Climax
Rising action
Setting

Answer 1

ANSWER IS D

Step-by-step explanation:

PHUB

Answer 2

The correct answer for this question is this one: "Setting." As you read the passage, it describes what is in the setting: It is evident on this line, "At the most remote end of the crypt there appeared another less spacious. Its walls had been lined with human remains, piled to the vault overhead, in the fashion of the great catacombs of Paris."

The passage above is taken from the book of Edgar Allan Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado."