Question

All of the following excerpts develop the plot through the narrator’s mental activity except __________. “I . . . congratulated myself upon the timely accident by which I had escaped.” “I trembled at the sound of my own voice . . . .” “[T]he death just avoided was of that very character which I had regarded as fabulous and frivolous . . . .” “By long suffering my nerves had been unstrung . . . .”

Answer 1

I trembled at the sound of my own voice, it's all physical, the trembling and the voice.

Answer 2

These excerpts belong to the short story "The Pit and the Pendulum" written by Edgar Allan Poe. All of the excerpts develop the plot through the narrator's mental activity except for "I trembled at the sound of my voice."

Step-by-step explanation:

Excerpt B ("I trembled at the sound of my voice") does not develop the plot through the narrator's mental activity because he resorts to his sense of hearing. Instead, excerpts A, C and D develop the plot through the narrator's mental activity.