Which term would you use to describe the narrator outside the story who recounts events from a general viewpoint?

• A. First Person Point Of View
• B. Theme
• C. Third Person Point Of View
• D. Plot

Answer: (C)

This question checks your understanding of narrative perspective. A narrator outside the story who recounts events from a general viewpoint describes a third-person point of view. In this perspective, the storyteller is not a character within the events and uses he, she, they, etc., to tell what happens. This can allow the narrator to present information from multiple characters or from an overall view of the story, rather than following only one character’s inner thoughts.

First-person narration, by contrast, comes from a character inside the story and uses I, me, my. Theme is the message or idea the author explores in the work, and plot is the sequence of events that occur.