Question

Sayla decided the best route would be to take the longtrail through the canyon and then into the forest with thecaverns. From there she could meet up with the rest ofthe troop at the shuttle, which nestled in a caveentrance hidden from obvious view. Once everyonemade it back safely, they could fly the shuttle to thecloaked spaceship. Sayla squashed a seed of worrytaking root in the back of her mind that she was the onlyone who had gotten lost on this new planet the troophad discovered. If that was the case, and she didn’tmake it to the shuttle before the time allotment ran out,she could find herself alone.
She adjusted her pack and the tint on her glasses. Thissun shone brighter than the one on her own planet. Thetroop knew this ahead of time and prepared with skin-protecting salves and shield glasses. She started on thetrail, keeping a sharp eye on the cliffs with steep facesand yawning crevices, an easy place for someone orsomething to hide.
After an hour of hiking the twisting trail, Sayla had tosteady her breathing and wipe the beads of sweatdotting her forehead. She wanted to stop and rest, butthe fear of time racing and her team leaving spurredeach step forward. The trail jagged hard to the left andout of sight, and Sayla felt tension bubble up from herchest. The landscape went from sparse trees to thickforest within 200 steps, so anything could be in thatoutcropping of trees.
Sayla picked her way over the dirt and stones and metthe edge of the forest with her heart beating a fastrhythm from her chest to her head. A crackling soundreverberated from up ahead, and Sayla froze, steeledherself, and stepped into the woods because the onlyway to her shuttle was through this forest and towardthe fizzing sound that filled her ears with fuzz and herbody with dread.
A)
Use this beginning of a short story to answer thequestion.
How would the mood of this scene change if thispassage were written from a first-person point ofview?
(1 point)
The point of view change would create a
jarring feeling because it would shift from the
main point of view in third person to
another’s.
The point of view change would create a
more intimate and intense feeling because of
the closeness of the narration.
The point of view change would create an
accusatory feeling because of the main
character addressing the reader directly.
The point of view change would create a
distant feeling with the introduction of other
characters and what they are thinking

Answer 1

The point of view change would create a more intimate and intense feeling because of the closeness of the narration. First-person puts the reader inside Sayla’s thoughts and sensations, increasing immediacy and emotional intensity.