1 - I don't know.
2 - either "through" or "by" will work.
3 - established
4 - that
5 - One of the effects created most by Poe was fear.
Can you please tell me if the following statements are possible?
Thank you very much for your help!
1) The action of the piston of the steam engine likens/is similar to/resembles/is like/ the head of an elephant in melancholy medness.
2)The town is described through (and not by?) three similes
3) The Victorian code of values was established/promoted during the reign of queen Victoria.
4) He wanted to show how/that (?) Coketown suffered from tedium
5)One of the effect mostly chosen by Poe was that of fear. (Can you say: tone of the most chosen effects was that of fear?)
6) Grendel represents for (is for necessary?) pure evil.
2 answers
6 is fine -- delete the stuff in parentheses.