Question

1. which of the following could be said only by an omniscient narrator?

confused and worried, matt puzzled over the meaning of jerome’s ominous remark.
confused, you sit down to consider the possibilities. is jerome telling the truth? if so, how could you not have known?
matt puzzled over the meaning of jerome’s remark. jerome saw his confused expression and thought, “could he really not know–?”
jerome had thought he was stating the obvious, but matt looked as if he were hearing the truth for the first time. could matt really not have known?

Explanation:

To determine which statement is only from an omniscient narrator, we analyze each option:

• First option: Describes Matt's feelings (limited to Matt's perspective, could be a limited narrator).
• Second option: Uses second - person "you", which is not omniscient (more of a participatory or reader - addressed style).
• Third option: Reveals both Matt's action and Jerome's internal thought. An omniscient narrator has access to the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters, while a limited narrator can only access one character's perspective. Here, the narrator knows what both Matt and Jerome are thinking/doing, which is a key trait of an omniscient narrator.
• Fourth option: Describes Jerome's thought and Matt's appearance, but it is more of a description of external actions and one character's thought (Jerome's), not as clear as the third option in showing access to multiple internal thoughts.

Answer:

C. Matt puzzled over the meaning of Jerome's remark. Jerome saw his confused expression and thought, "Could he really not know--?"