ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When a story is told from the first-person point of view, the reader-
A
knows only what the narrator knows
B
must guess who the narrator is
C
does not learn about the characters in the story
D
views the characters as friends
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In a story told from first-person point of view, the narrator is one of the characters and tell us what he or she experiences and thinks about those experiences. First person point of view is probably the most immediately obvious. All the actions are seen and reported by someone in the story.

Detailed explanation-2: -First Person Point of View In first-person narration, the narrator is a person in the story, telling the story from their own point of view. The narration usually utilizes the pronoun I (or we, if the narrator is speaking as part of a group).

Detailed explanation-3: -First person point of view. This is generally revealed by the “I” sentence construction and relies on first person pronouns. (“I went to work.”) The reader assumes that this character is closely related to the story’s action-either a main character or someone close to the protagonist.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many stories and novels are written in the first-person point of view. In this kind of narrative, you are inside a character’s head, watching the story unfold through that character’s eyes.

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