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Which narrative point of view is shown in the passage?Baby Suggs died shortly after the brothers left, with no interest whatsoever in their leave-taking or hers, and right afterward Sethe and Denver decided to end the persecution by calling forth the ghost that tried them so. Perhaps a conversation, they thought, an exchange of views or something would help. So they held hands and said, "Come on. Come on. You may as well just come on."From Toni Morrison, Beloved. Copyright 1987 by Toni Morrison (1 point)Responsesfirst personfirst personsecond personsecond personthird personthird personQuestion 2Which narrative point of view is shown in the passage?She said she had to find some way to keep herself busy now that her sons were taking off. You said that you hadn't left, not really. . . . The bread soon started to burn. She had made bread only two other times that you could recall. Both times it had burned.From Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City. Copyright 1984 by Jay McInerney (1 point)Responsesfirst personfirst personsecond personsecond personthird personthird personQuestion 3Which narrative point of view is shown in the passage?The voice said: We've been watching you. You're very good at what you do. You said: Thank you. It said: We want you to do that. We want you to do what you do for them, for us. So OK.From Kevin Fanning, The Location Scout. Copyright 2009 by Kevin Fanning (1 point)Responsesfirst personfirst personsecond personsecond personthird personthird personQuestion 4Which narrative point of view is shown in the passage?Games aside, we spent most of our time inside long silent pauses as we bent over our individual desks, working on some task at hand, lost to it—until Benny, bored, came and stood in the doorway. "What are you up to?" he'd ask. It could have been any of us. "Working" was the usual reply.From Joshua Ferris, Then We Came to the End. Copyright 2007 by Joshua Ferris (1 point)Responsesfirst personfirst personsecond personsecond personthird person limitedthird person limitedthird person omniscientthird person omniscientQuestion 5Which narrative point of view is shown in the passage?José Arcadio Buendía had the certainty that it was the beginning of a great friendship. The children were startled by his fantastic stories. Aureliano, who could not have been more than five at the time, would remember him for the rest of his life as he saw him that afternoon.From Gabriel García Márquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude. Copyright 1967 by Gabriel García Márquez (1 point)Responsesfirst personfirst personsecond personsecond personthird person limitedthird person limitedthird person omniscientthird person omniscient

Answer 1

Here are the narrative points of view for each passage:

Question 1: The passage from Toni Morrison's Beloved is in third person. (Specifically, it appears to use third person omniscient as it provides insight into the thoughts and intentions of both Sethe and Denver.)

Question 2: The passage from Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City is in second person. (It addresses the reader as "you," which is characteristic of second person narration.)

Question 3: The passage from Kevin Fanning's The Location Scout is in second person. (It includes direct dialogue where "you" speaks to another voice, which points to a second person perspective.)

Question 4: The passage from Joshua Ferris's Then We Came to the End is in third person limited. (It offers insights into the characters' experiences without fully omniscient narration.)

Question 5: The passage from Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude is in third person omniscient. (It describes José Arcadio Buendía's thoughts and provides details about the characters' perceptions that they are likely not aware of.)

To summarize:

1. Third Person (Omniscient)
2. Second Person
3. Second Person
4. Third Person (Limited)
5. Third Person (Omniscient)