As dramatic situations and literary effects are foreign to my purpose I will explain at once that Mr. Barting was dead.
Which of the following is Bierce's most likely reason for including this line?
A
Bierce includes this line to build the reader's trust in the narrator and make his story more
believable.
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Bierce includes this line to make the reader doubt the narrator and question if the story he
is telling is true.
This line is included to create suspense and make the reader wonder what is going to
happen next.
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D
This line is included to create tension between the narrator and Mr. Conway.