Which statement best describes the narrative point of view
of this excerpt?
read the excerpt from "the tell-tale heart."
i paced the floor to and fro with heavy strides, as if excited
to fury by the observations of the men-but the noise
steadily increased. oh god! what could i do? i foamed-
raved-i swore! i swung the chair upon which i had been
sitting, and grated it upon the boards, but the noise arose
over all and continually increased. it grew louder-louder
-louder! and still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled.
was it possible they heard not? almighty god! - no, no!
they knew! - they were
making a mockery of my horror! -- this i thought, and this
think.
the excerpt uses a first-person point of view and a
reliable narrator.
the excerpt uses a first-person point of view and an
unreliable narrator.
the excerpt uses a third-person point of view and a
eliable narrator.
the excerpt uses a third-person point of view and an
unreliable narrator.

B

Explanation:

The narrator isn't relible because he isn't sure about what the me thought, or felt, that makes of the narrator an unreliable one. As regards the person, it's the first person, because he always talks about "I", narrating the events as seen from his own perspective.

arah orne jewett first published "a white heron" in her 1886 collection, "a white heron and other stories." this short story tells the tale of what happens when sylvia, a 9-year-old girl living deep in the forest with her grandmother, meets a young hunter looking to capture, and kill, the white heron living in sylvia's woods. the climax occurs when sylvia must decide whether to him or protect the bird.

rising action

leading up to the climax of the story, the nameless young hunter befriends sylvia and her grandmother, mrs. tilly. he explains to mrs. tilly that he is bent on "stuffing and preserving" a little white heron that he believes lives near their cottage. mrs. tilly offers up that "[t]here ain't a foot o' ground" that sylvia doesn't know and suggests that she may be able to him find the bird.

climax

after following, but not really , the young hunter on his search for the heron, sylvia slips out of bed alone in the middle of the night to find the heron for herself. perched at the top of a gigantic pine tree, sylvia spots the heron, and its nest, in a dead hemlock tree across the way. the following morning she returns home to find her grandmother and the hunter waiting for her at the door. in the moment when she plans to tell the hunter where to find the heron, she suddenly decides to protect the heron and remain silent; even the promise of much needed money does not sway her.

explanation:

answer: e

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