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The Tell Tale Heart%0D%0Aby Edgar Allen Poe%0D%0A%0D%0ATrue!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story. Use the passage to answer the question.%0D%0A%0D%0AWhich response describe the narrator's perspective in this paragraph? Select the two correct answers.%0D%0A%0D%0A(1 point)%0D%0AResponses%0D%0A%0D%0AThe narrator is an objective outsider in the story.%0D%0AThe narrator is an objective outsider in the story.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe narrator is a character in the story.%0D%0AThe narrator is a character in the story.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe narrator is directly addressing the reader.%0D%0AThe narrator is directly addressing the reader.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe narrator is retelling a story that was told to him.%0D%0AThe narrator is retelling a story that was told to him.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe narrator is directly addressing the story’s main character.

Answer 1

Correct answers:
- The narrator is a character in the story.
- The narrator is directly addressing the reader.

Justification: The first-person "I" shows the narrator is part of the story, and the direct address ("why will you say that I am mad?" "Hearken! and observe") shows he is speaking to a reader/listener.