These are the narrator's words: 'We grabbed our backpacks and ran for the bus, but it left without us.' Who tells this part of the story?

• A participant speaking as part of the group
• An outside narrator using third-person form
• The bus itself describing the waiting group

Read: 'Ana missed her friends. Her brother carried a box upstairs. Their cat walked into the kitchen.' Which detail directly states a private feeling?

• Her brother carried a box upstairs
• Their cat walked into the kitchen
• Ana missed her friends

The narrator, rather than a character speaking in dialogue, says: 'I couldn't believe she said that to me.' What does this sentence show?

• Third-person narration revealing both people's feelings
• First-person narration revealing the teller's reaction
• Third-person narration describing only visible actions

Third-person limited narration gives direct access to every character's unspoken thoughts at once.

A narrator repeatedly calls a character 'sneaky' and 'unpleasant', but supplies no actions or explanation supporting those labels. What might this suggest?

• The narrator must know every character's thoughts
• The narrator may be biased against that character
• The character's guilt is proved by those two labels

A writer wants readers to learn several family members' unspoken worries during a dinner. Why might an omniscient narrator suit this purpose?

• It can reveal different family members' private worries
• It must hide every worry until someone says it aloud
• It must stay within the youngest child's knowledge throughout

A first-person narrator must leave out an event they missed, even after someone tells them what happened.

Throughout a story, third-person narration stays within Ben's knowledge. It reveals his thoughts but never his sister's unshared private thoughts. What kind of narration is this?

• Limited to Ben's viewpoint
• Omniscient across both minds
• First person in Ben's voice

Read: 'Leo packed slowly. He was sure the trip would be a disaster. His sister hummed a happy tune.' Whose private thoughts does this passage directly reveal?

• Both children's thoughts, because both appear in the scene
• Leo's thoughts; his sister's humming is an observable action
• Neither child's thoughts, because the narrator does not say I

A student says, 'The narrator uses he and she, so it must know every character's private thoughts.' Which response explains the student's mistake?

• Third person can stay within one character's knowledge
• Third person requires access to every character's mind
• Third person prevents the narration of any private feeling