Question

Match each excerpt to the point of view it is written in

first person
second person
third person
"I never saw anybody that looked stupider,
a Violet said so suddenly that Alice quite
jumped; for it hadn't spoken before.
(Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass)
You are not the kind of guy who would
be at a place like this at this time of the
morning. But here you are, and you cannot
say that the terrain is entirely unfamiliar,
although the details are fuzzy
(Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City)
There were six young colts in the meadow
besides me; they were older than I was
some were nearly as large as grown-up horses.
(Anna Sewell Black Beauty)
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Answer 1

First person- personal perspective (“I ate dinner”)
“I never saw anybody that looked stupider, a Violet said so suddenly that Alice quite jumped; for it hadn’t spoken before.” (Lewis Carroll, ‘Through the Looking Glass’)

Second person- directed perspective (“You ate dinner”)
“YOU are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this at this time of the morning, But here your are, and you cannot say that the terrain is entirely unfamiliar, although the details are fuzzy. (Jay Mclnerney, ‘Bright Lights, Big City’)

Third person- outside perspective (“Jenna ate dinner”)
“There were six young colts in the meadow besides me; THEY were older than I was some were nearly as large as grown-up horses. (Anna Sewell, ‘Black Beauty’)