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ankoles [38]
3 years ago
15

Read the following paragraph and answer the question. 1 Poe really was the inventor of the detective story, which he called the

"ratiocinative" tale. 2 Here believing the effect intended was "to perplex the reader and whet his desire for elucidation," he originated two devices useful to this day. 3 One might be called "the device of the baffled friend": He gave his brilliant detective a companion not good at solutions and had him tell the story. 4 Viewing the happenings through this narrator's eyes, the reader shares his growing puzzlement. 5 Poe used his second device at the tale's end: He had the detective disclose his surprising solution and then "elucidate" step by step the reasoning which led to it. 6 "The Purloined Letter" demonstrated Poe's use of these two devices in a detective story. The main sentence of the paragraph is sentence number?
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2 answers:
MakcuM [25]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

The main sentence of the paragraph is sentence number 1

Explanation:

The main sentence has to present the general idea of the complete piece of work, sentence number 1 "Poe really was the inventor of the detective story, which he called the "ratiocinative" tale" presents the general idea that is the creation of the ratiocinative tale, later the other sentences give examples and expand the definition of this invention.

german3 years ago
4 0
I would say sentence 6
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