Read this excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth.

How does the situational irony of this excerpt affect "The Tell-Tale Heart"?

The narrator brags of his sharpened senses, but his "acute hearing" is ultimately his downfall.

It explains why the narrator is so quiet around the old man as he lay sleeping.

The narrator thinks his hearing is very good, so it is surprising when he fails to hear the old man groan in his sleep.

The narrator's hatred of the old man is shown to be entirely rational and justified.

We must understand the connections between the climate crisis and the afflictions of poverty, hunger, hiv-aids, and other pandemics. as these problems are linked, so too must be their solutions. we must begin by making the common rescue of the global environment the central organizing principle of the world community. which statement best describes gore's use of evidence to support his argument? a. gore makes connections between events to support his argument that solutions to the climate crisis will also solve other problems. b. gore provides dramatic details to support his argument that solutions to problems of this magnitude are often rare. c. gore compares crises in the world to support his argument that the problem of climate change must take a backseat to other problems. d. gore describes positive outcomes to support his argument that people should remain optimistic about finding solutions to climate change.