(1) edgar allan poe wrote the short story “the tell-tale heart.” (2) poe wrote the story in 1843. (3) in the story, a man is haunted by an old man’s eye. (4) he thinks it looks like the eye of a vulture. (5) we soon learn that the haunted man has a mysterious disease. (6) the disease has made the man insane. (7) he does not know it. (8) for seven nights, he sneaks into the old man’s room. (9) he watches the sleeping man. (10) i will not tell you what happens next because i do not want to spoil the story for you. which is the most effective way to combine sentences (6) and (7)?

Have you ever thought you understood a person based on a story that you have heard about them? have you ever guessed about a person's personal life because of the clothes they wore? or, have you judged a person because of their friends? although classifying people in this way is typically discouraged, authors deliberately use your preconceived ideas to you form an opinion about the character or to at least have a better understanding. can you think of a time that you made a character call about someone based on external aspects? were you correct, or incorrect? has anyone ever made an incorrect assessment of you based on external aspects? write two paragraphs about it in your journal.