If you had seen him striding down the street, though, you would never have thought that he spent most of his time building inventions in a laboratory.

which the best question to ask at this point in the reading?

what street was he walking down?

what did he spend all of his time doing?

why did he appear different from what he was?

what kind of inventions did he build in his laboratory?

Why did he appear different from what he was?

Explanation:

It is not important to know the street nor it is important to know about his inventions. the aspect that the author has brought to attention is his attitude which is totally different in the street than that in the lab.

The exposition of the "Tell-Tale Heart" is when we are introduced to the narrator and he insists that he is not insane. The rising action takes place as the narrator tries to muster the courage to kill the old man. The climax of the story is when the narrator kills the old man.

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