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Zorluk: OrtaNarrative Techniques and Point of View

Read the prose extract below carefully:

"Mama sat on the worn bamboo stool, her thumb tracing the rim of her enamel cup. She wondered if her son had reached the city safely, though she revealed none of her anxieties to her daughter. Across the yard, Obi line-dried his damp tunic, completely oblivious to his mother's quiet distress, thinking only of the evening wrestling match."

Which narrative point of view is employed in the extract above?

  1. Third-person omniscient perspectiveCevap
  2. B
    Third-person limited perspective
  3. C
    First-person protagonist perspective
  4. D
    First-person peripheral perspective

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Third-person omniscient perspective
The correct answer is the third-person omniscient perspective because the narrator stands outside the action (using pronouns like 'she' and 'his') yet possesses all-knowing insight into the unexpressed thoughts and internal feelings of multiple characters—in this case, both Mama and Obi.

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1
Identify the pronouns used by the narrator
The text uses third-person pronouns ('she', 'her', 'his') rather than first-person pronouns ('I', 'me', 'my').
Determines whether the narrator is a character within the story or an external narrator.
2
Analyze the extent of the narrator's knowledge regarding characters' internal states
The narrator reveals Mama's private anxieties ('She wondered if her son had reached the city safely') and Obi's internal thoughts ('thinking only of the evening wrestling match').
Distinguishes between limited perspective (access to one character's mind) and omniscient perspective (access to multiple characters' minds).
3
Synthesize findings to classify the narrative technique
An external third-person narrator with complete access to multiple characters' private thoughts defines third-person omniscient perspective.
Matches the specific structural properties of the narrative stance.

Anahtar Kavram

Third-Person Omniscient Narrative Stance
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Narrative Techniques and Point of View

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