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ELA Drills, Beginner: Point of View 4. Which of the following is an example of first-person narration?

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00:04

Here's your shmoop du jour brought to you by first-person narration

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sure you'll have to pitch a tent wait all night in the cold but really going [People waiting in a cue]

00:11

to be worth it okay here's our question which of following is an example of

00:16

first-person narration and here are potential and Jon Oliva Sam Houston

00:22

right well since you've been

00:26

waiting in line so long we'll give you a hint first-person narration comes from [People waiting in line]

00:30

an insider's perspective so it generally involves pronouns like I and my so find

00:37

those pronouns then you found your answer [Man using metal detector on beach]

00:39

alright well based on our extremely good hint let's take a look at our options

00:43

and see which ones have the right pronoun starting with a the sense [Options appear]

00:47

doesn't have any problems at all it's a complete outsider's perspective giving a

00:51

third-person narration of what Jon's up to he might have bought himself a video [John appears at game zone store]

00:56

game but he didn't get us right to the answer so is gone now our feelings will

01:00

forgive as long as the advices to the next Super Smash Brothers party all [Boys celebrating at a party]

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right how about B this one does have a pronoun you but it's not the right one

01:08

we use you when they're rating in the second person up first that means our

01:12

second attempt is second person to the second option bites the dust in second

01:16

how about C alright again we've got a pronoun kicking around in there they but [A bike appears on a beach]

01:22

alas it's not the kind we're looking for this is another case of third-person

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narration so she has got to go and leave this would be final an answer that not

01:30

only has an eye but also a my it's an embarrassment of riches and it's also

01:34

definitely first-person narration at long last we have our answer as we can

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only get out of this long it's like super smash with John oh the sacrifices [Men waving arms in the air]

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we make for first-person narration

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