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#1. Which would be a reason for an author to choose to use a third-person omniscient narrator? A. The author would want the reader to see things from one perspective. B. The author would want the reader to understand a particular character better. C. The author would want the reader to have a more reliable and objective narrator. D. The author would want the reader to get an in-depth understanding of a character. #2....Read the following excerpt from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.

But Mr. Heathcliff forms a singular contrast to his abode and style of living. . . . Possibly some people might suspect him of a degree of under-bred pride; I have a sympathetic chord within that tells me it is nothing of the sort: I know, by instinct, his reserve springs from an aversion to showy displays of feeling . . .

Use the underlined words to determine how this excerpt is characteristic of first-person point of view.
A.
The excerpt lets the reader get an objective view of Mr. Heathcliff.
B.
The excerpt lets the reader get a reliable view of Mr. Heathcliff.
C.
The excerpt causes the reader to get a surface-level view of all the characters.
D.
The excerpt lets the reader experience the narrator's true feelings about Heathcliff.

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(1) The reason for an author to choose to use a third-person omniscient narrator is that (C) the author would want the reader to have a more reliable and objective narrator.

(2) The excerpt explains that the characteristic of first-person point of view (D) lets the reader experience the narrator's true feelings about Heathcliff.
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