Question

When a writer begins a new story, she must decide who will tell the story. Point of view is who tells the story, or the “voice” that the story is told in. It's the place from which a narrator sees and understands what is happening.

Read the following passage.

“We’re going to put on a play, Miriam!” Zakir announced, waving his hands in my face. I immediately began to think of what part I’d like to play. I thought at first I’d like to play a witch or a goblin—I’d been working for weeks on an eerie, low-sounding screech that I was sure would steal the show. But I knew Zakir was secretly afraid of things like that—he’d never agree to a play about the occult. And, I remembered, the only audience for the play was our father, and he would quietly reprimand me for being insensitive to my brother’s phobias. I could already hear his gentle scolding. "Don't tease him, Miriam," he would say. I thought of playing a queen, but maybe there wouldn’t be enough to do with that part. Our little sister, Dinah, would probably insist on wearing the house’s toy crown, too. I looked around our living room, spying a pair of green tights doubled down between the couch cushions. A wrestler? Maybe.
What point of view is this passage written in?
A
third person limited
B
third person omniscient
C
second person
D
first person

Answer 1

The passage is written in the first person point of view, indicated by the narrator's use of first-person pronouns as they relate the story from their own perspective.

Step-by-step explanation:

The passage provided is written in the first person point of view. This can be identified by the presence of first-person pronouns such as “I” and “my”, which indicate that the narrator is a character within the story who is experiencing and relating the events directly. In the provided passage, Miriam is the narrator, and she conveys her thoughts and experiences, like her considerations for different roles in the play, to the reader as if they are happening to her in real time.