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1. \you already told me that story,\ said shanice. she looked genuinely disappointed. i laughed awkwardly. \sorry,\ i said, \i didnt mean to bore you with a rerun.\ i tried to laugh it off but she just wouldnt let it go. \dont you even consider your listener before you tell a story?\ she inquired acerbically. this caught me off guard. i replied, \im just trying to keep you entertained, shanice.\ i pleaded. she smacked me down with another sharp comment, \yeah, well, you should try harder.\

narrators perspective:
explain how you know:

1. the scarecrow sagged on the pole. the corn reached for the heavens. a man dressed in gray was walking through the cornfield. the field rustled as he parted the spears. soon he reached a breach in the field. a road cut across the landscape. the man in gray began walking down the road toward the sun. he walked to a farmhouse and knocked on the door. a man in a white shirt opened the door. \may i help you?\ the white shirted man asked. the man in gray responded, \my name is julius cornwall. ive travelled from the future to deliver a message to you.\

narrators perspective:
explain how you know:

1. pete didnt feel like doing homework. he felt like playing baseball. he grabbed his mitt off the shelf and began to fantasize about being out in the field. his fantasy was interrupted shortly by the opening of his bedroom door. it was his mom. she started to yell, \pete, youre not failing baseball class! youre failing math class! you need to study. put the mitt away!\ pete put the mitt away, but he didnt know the first thing about studying math.

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1. penny pedaled her bike as quickly as she could, but she couldnt seem to build up enough speed. she started rolling down the hill. \i cant do it,\ she thought to herself. her friend melissa was riding behind her. \keep trying! stand up on your pedals. you can do it!\ melissa shouted. penny decided to take her advice. she stood up on the pedals and put all of her weight into the climb. she started going up the hill. this made penny very happy. \thanks melissa!\ she said as she got to the top of the hill. melissa smiled and said, \what are friends for?\

narrators perspective:
explain how you know:

1. as you buckle your seatbelt, safety instructions are broadcast over the inflight system. a stewardess models the actions in sync with the broadcast. you turn to your right. an extremely rotund man is snoring. he looks like he is about to fall onto your shoulder. you look to your left. you see a man with a mohawk is listening to loud punk music. you can hear it as though your were the one wearing headphones. you sigh and pull up your tray table as instructed.

narrators perspective:
explain how you know:

1. the sun was rising. ivan saw the light piercing through the drawn curtains in his bedroom and knew that he would have to get up soon. he hadnt been sleeping for the last hour. he had been thinking about the future. he nudged his wife nadia. nadia came to slowly. she smiled, still thinking about the pleasant dream that she had been having, until she looked at ivans face. she could tell that something was wrong.

narrators perspective:
explain how you know:

1. the green ooze dripped slowly down the steps. we didnt have a geiger counter with us, but if we had, i bet that it would have been beeping. i noticed chris moving toward the ooze and said, \chris, dont!\ but it was too late. chris dipped the front part of his shoe in the ooze and the ooze burned the sole off his shoe instantly. then it melted his sock, and then it began to go to work on his foot. vanessa began licking her lips. \i wonder what it tastes like,\ she said. i screamed,

o vanessa! dont!\
narrators perspective:
explain how you know:

1. carrie and kylie giggled. neither of them knew what they had just found. they thought that they had discovered a cool looking rock. they had no idea that they were holding a real life dinosaur egg. this surprise would dawn on them later, when they brought the egg home. carrie was using the egg as a paperweight, so she kept the egg under her desk lamp. but this egg would soon hatch, and carrie and kylie were about to have the adventure of a lifetime.

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Explanation:

Question 12

The narrator uses first - person pronouns like "I" (e.g., "I laughed awkwardly", "I said") to tell the story, showing personal involvement in the events.

The narrator uses a third - person perspective, referring to characters as "the scarecrow", "a man dressed in gray", etc., and there are no first - person pronouns or direct address to the reader, showing an outside view of the events.

The narrator uses third - person pronouns (e.g., "Pete", "his mom") and describes Pete's thoughts and actions from an outside perspective, with no first - person involvement or direct address to the reader.

Answer:

First - person. The use of "I" indicates the narrator is a participant in the story.

Question 13