In a narrative, the narrator uses I to describe events. What point of view is this?

• A. Second-person point of view
• B. Omniscient point of view
• C. First-person point of view
• D. Third-person limited

Answer: (C)

When the narrator uses I to describe events, the story is told from one character’s own perspective. This is first-person point of view. You get inside the narrator’s head and hear their thoughts, feelings, and viewpoint directly, with phrases like I think, I felt, my experience. This makes the narration intimate and personal, but also limited to what that character knows and observes. It’s different from second-person, which would address the reader as you; and from third-person, which uses he, she, or they and can follow other characters or reveal multiple minds. Even within third-person, there’s a contrast with omniscient (all-knowing) versus third-person limited (focused on one character’s thoughts), whereas first-person sticks to one narrator’s voice throughout.