Which point of view is described as someone on the outside looking in and telling the story as it unfolds?

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

Answer: (B)

Third-person point of view describes a narrator who sits outside the action and tells what happens without being a character in the story. This perspective presents events as they unfold from an outside observer, using pronouns like he, she, they, or the character’s name. It can focus on one character’s experiences (third-person limited) or reveal thoughts and feelings of many characters (omniscient). The clue here—the narrator is outside the action and recounts events as they happen—best matches third-person narration. If the narrator were a character within the story using I or my, that would be first person. If the narrator directly addresses the reader as you, that would be second person. If the narrator knows every character's private thoughts and feelings, that would be an omniscient narrator, which is still third-person but with broader knowledge.