Question

Select the correct answer.

Read this excerpt from “A Horseman in the Sky” by Ambrose Bierce. Which type of point of view does the narrative portray?

An officer of the Federal force, who in a spirit of adventure or in quest of knowledge had left the hidden bivouac in the valley, and with aimless feet had made his way to the lower edge of a small open space near the foot of the cliff, was considering what he had to gain by pushing his exploration further. At a distance of a quarter-mile before him, but apparently at a stone's throw, rose from its fringe of pines the gigantic face of rock, towering to so great a height above him that it made him giddy to look up to where its edge cut a sharp, rugged line against the sky. It presented a clean, vertical profile against a background of blue sky to a point half the way down, and of distant hills, hardly less blue, thence to the tops of the trees at its base. Lifting his eyes to the dizzy altitude of its summit the officer saw an astonishing sight—a man on horseback riding down into the valley through the air!

A.
first person
B.
third-person objective
C.
second-person
D.
third-person omniscient

Answer 1

The correction is D,third-person omniscient

Step-by-step explanation:

The third-person omniscient point of view is a style of story telling where the writer used the inner thoughts and feelings in its narration in order to develop an insightful and comprehensive story which easily drives home the main motive behind the story

It is obvious that the thoughts and feelings of the characters are not known to one another like they are known to the narrator,hence the narrator is able to synchronize these inner feelings and thoughts so that the readers can feel the happenings as if they are happening in real life