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Who is the speaker of this extract?
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A) Sadao
B) Hana
C) The American soldier
D) The narrator
Answer as written by the student:
The correct answer is D) The narrator
Step-by-step explanation of the answer:
This is a multiple-choice question, which means you have to choose the best option from the given choices. 🤔
To identify the speaker of an extract, you have to look for clues that tell you who is telling the story or describing the scene. 🕵️♂️
- Sometimes, the speaker is a character in the story who uses the first-person point of view (I, me, my, we, us, our). For example, “I saw him lying on the beach and ran towards him.” 👀
- Other times, the speaker is an outside observer who uses the third-person point of view (he, she, they, them, his, her, their). For example, “He opened his eyes and looked at Sadao with a terrible look of appeal.” 👁️
- In this extract, the speaker is not a character in the story, but an outside observer who uses the third-person point of view. Therefore, the correct answer is D) The narrator. 😊
- Let’s look at the other options and see why they are wrong. ❌
- A) Sadao: Sadao is a character in the story who is a Japanese doctor. He cannot be the speaker because he is not using the first-person point of view. He is being referred to as “Sadao” by the speaker.
- B) Hana: Hana is another character in the story who is Sadao’s wife. She cannot be the speaker because she is not using the first-person point of view. She is not mentioned in this extract at all.
- C) The American soldier: The American soldier is also a character in the story who is wounded and washed up on the beach. He cannot be the speaker because he is not using the first-person point of view. He is being described by the speaker as “he” and “him”.
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