Question

Read the passage. (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)? The disease has made the man insane, but he does not know it. Not known by him, the disease has made the man insane. The disease has made the man insane he does not know it. Making the man insane, the disease is not known by him.

Answer 1

Answer:

The disease has made the man insane, but he does not know it.

Explanation:

The main point of these two sentences(6 and 7) is that the man is insane without him knowing. This has to be clearly pointed out when the two sentences are combined.

1. The disease has made the man insane, but he does not know it.

This clearly has the same main point of the original two sentences. It is the most obvious choice.

2. Not known by him, the disease has made the man insane.

This is a little less clear. Even though it still works, it is not as effective as 1,

3. The disease has made the man insane he does not know it.

Now, this sentence does not make sense at all. It just smashes together the two sentences. This is called a run on sentence. There are two independent clauses(man is insane from disease, does not know) that are improperly put together..

4. Making the man insane, the disease is not known by him.

This sentence is very unclear. It makes you read it twice before you understand what it actually means. This is the most unclear and ineffective sentence.

The answer is 1. The disease has made the man insane, but he does not know it. This is the most clear and effective way to join the two sentences, plus it makes grammatical sense.