Question 1 • English III Remediation 1st Grading Period
Read the excerpt from Poe’s “The Tale-Tell Heart”.Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded --with what caution --with what foresight --with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. What is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?
Answer
A
It emphasizes the narrator’s mission.
B
It emphasizes the narrator’s hatred for the old man.
C
It emphasizes the narrator’s belief that he is insane
D
It emphasizes the narrator’s belief that he is sane.
Explanation
The repeated phrasing “with what” highlights the narrator’s confidence in how carefully and cleverly he acted. He uses these details to argue that his actions were wise and deliberate, not mad, so the parallelism emphasizes his belief that he is sane.
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