Read the following passage:
We had been digging in the dry heat of the valley for six weeks, our brushes clearing away centuries of sand from what we hoped was the outer wall of the library. My fingers were raw, and my colleagues' silent frustration was palpable as we found nothing but shattered pottery. I wondered if the critics in London had been correct to call our expedition a fool's errand.
Then, the sand shifted.
Dr. Evelyn Vance knelt by the trench, her breath catching as the corner of a clay tablet emerged. In that moment, she was no longer thinking of the university board or the dwindling grant money. She saw only the faint, wedge-shaped impressions of cuneiform, surviving in the dark for three millennia. Here was the voice of a temple scribe, recording the grain harvests of a forgotten king. 'We have it,' she whispered, her voice trembling. 'Call the surveyor.'
To the local guides watching from the ridge, the sudden flurry of movement below was just another incomprehensible ritual of the foreign scholars. They observed the scientists huddled over the dirt like beetles, oblivious to the gathering storm clouds on the horizon.
Match each quotation from the passage on the left to the narrative point of view or perspective it represents on the right.
- "I wondered if the critics in London had been correct to call our expedition a fool's errand."First-person narrative voice of a participating member of the excavation team.
- "In that moment, she was no longer thinking of the university board or the dwindling grant money."Third-person limited focus on Dr. Evelyn Vance's internal thoughts and immediate experience.
- "They observed the scientists huddled over the dirt like beetles, oblivious to the gathering storm clouds on the horizon."Third-person detached observation of the excavation site from the viewpoint of external onlookers.