On the night of the day on which this cruel deed was done, i was aroused from sleep by the cry of fire. the curtains of my bed were in flames. the whole house was blazing. //i am above the weakness of seeking to establish a sequence of cause and effect, between the disaster and the atrocity.// why did the author most likely include the underlined sentence? to explore the possibility of the fire smoldering long before the cat was dead to negate any idea that there is a supernatural link between the cat and the fire to explain how the cat's death may be a remote factor in the fire to disprove the connection between the fire, the cat, and the narrator

In the excerpt from "The Black Cat", by Edgar Allan Poe, the reason why the author most likely included the underlined sentence is to explain how the cat's death may be a remote factor in the fire.

First the narrator, under the influence of alcohol intoxication, grabs the cat from the throat and "...cut one of its eyes from the socket!" When the cat recovers "...I slipped a noose about its neck and hung it to the limb of a tree;". The narrator wants to explain how things happen to make it clear if the black cat could be a factor of the fire.

Explanation:

The narrator, affected by liquor inebriation, snatches the feline from the throat and cut one of its eyes.

The storyteller needs to disclose how things happen to make it obvious if the dark feline could be a factor of the flame.

author – information on the internet with a listed author is one indication of a credible site. the fact that the author is willing to stand behind the information presented (and in some cases, include his or her contact information) is a good indication that the information is reliable.

date – the date of any research information is important, including information found on the internet. by including a date, the website allows readers to make decisions about whether that information is recent enough for their purposes.

sources – credible websites, like books and scholarly articles, should cite the source of the information presented.

domain – some domains such as .com, .org, and .net can be purchased and used by any individual. however, the domain .edu is reserved for colleges and universities, while .gov denotes a government website. these two are usually credible sources for information (though occasionally a university will assign a .edu address to each of its students for personal use, in which case use caution when citing). be careful with the domain .org, because .org is usually used by non-profit organizations which may have an agenda of persuasion rather than education.

site design – this can be very subjective, but a well-designed site can be an indication of more reliable information. good design make information more easily accessible.

writing style – poor spelling and grammar are an indication that the site may not be credible. in an effort to make the information presented easy to understand, credible sites watch writing style closely.

choice 2 i like that prompt better.