Question

What point of view is the following passage?

"Miss Colby chose a rather lonely seat on the outside of the upper-cabin. The night was not cold, and
she desired to be away from the curious eyes and tedious voices of the passengers. Besides, she was
extremely weary and drooping from lack of sleep. On the previous night she had graced the annual
ball and oyster fry...thus reducing her usual time of sleep to only three hours.
And the day had been uncommonly troublous. Customers had been inordinately trying; the buyer in
her department had scolded her roundly for letting her stock run down; her best friend, Mamie
Tuthill, had snubbed her by going to lunch with that Dockery girl."

First Person Point of View

Second Person Point of View

Third Person Point of View

Fourth Person Point of View

Answer 1

Third Person Point of View

Step-by-step explanation:

First person is the I/we/our perspective. When people talk about themselves, they generally speak in the first person point of view using pronouns like I, we, my, myself, ours, ourself.

Second person is the you perspective. The second-person point of view is being addressed or giving instructions to someone. This is the “you” perspective, which uses pronouns like you, yours, yourself.

Fourth person point of view is the one/somebody/anybody perspective. This is an uncommon and relatively new POV. Fourth person point of view is more indefinite pronouns that can be used in place of I, my, and me. It uses pronouns like one, someone, somebody, anyone, anybody, oneself, and one’s.

Third person is the he/she/it/they perspective. The third-person point of view is when the person or people are being talked about. The third-person pronouns include he, him, his, himself, she, her, hers, herself, it, its, itself, they, them, their, theirs, and themselves.

The passage uses third person pronouns like she/her, so it is told in third person.

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