"He would miss the train. Why did this always happen to him?" In this free indirect passage, which feature retains third-person grammar?

• The pronouns he and him
• The question about the delay
• The absence of a thought tag

The scene follows Ada, who resents waiting: "She checked the clock. Another hour wasted on these fools." What best describes the final sentence?

• A narrator's neutral measurement of elapsed time
• Ada's judgement entering narration without a thought tag
• Ada's direct speech addressed to the waiting group

Third-person narration can move from a broad description toward a character's immediate thoughts without changing narrator.

Circle one:   True   False

"At dusk, the square emptied. Lila gripped her application. Another rejection tomorrow, no doubt." The scene follows anxious Lila. How does narrative distance change?

• It pulls away from Lila toward a wider account of the town.
• It moves from a broad view toward Lila's anxious expectation.
• It stays with external actions without approaching her response.

Ivo earlier called his neighbor "that fool." A scene follows Ivo: "Another visit from that fool. Hadn't he suffered enough?" Whose judgement do these clues support?

• The neighbor's judgement, reported through his own speech
• A neutral assessment established by the neighbor's actions
• Ivo's judgement, echoed through the narrative wording

After Liv complains about her neighbors, the narration says, "The street was empty. All the decent people had gone." Which distinction is supported?

• Both empty and decent describe directly observable conditions.
• Empty evaluates the residents; decent measures their presence.
• Empty reports a condition; decent expresses a value judgement.

Sera waits for her brother's train. He has not arrived. The scene follows her: "Of course he forgot her. Nobody cared." Later, she learns his train was delayed. What can the untagged judgement do?

• Convey Sera's hurt while leaving her conclusion open to doubt.
• Confirm that her brother deliberately chose not to visit her.
• Replace the third-person narrator with Sera speaking aloud.

A student says every free indirect sentence must belong entirely to either narrator or character. Which correction fits?

• Assign each whole sentence to whoever supplies its pronouns.
• A narrator's grammatical frame can carry a character's evaluation.
• Treat every untagged judgement as the narrator's own opinion.