Tracing the Central Idea in "A Quilt of a Country"
Question 1 • MO-English Language Arts 9 B-CR
In this excerpt, the narrator becomes part of the story when he speaks in first person. Which line shows a switch to first-person narration?“Fornatee said he had skipped the second tryouts as a matter of pride.”“‘I wasn’t going to come to tryouts,’ he said.”“I want to play on the team, but I want to play on the team with my friends.”“I asked Fornatee what it felt like to be off Luma’s team.”
Answer
A
“Fornatee said he had skipped the second tryouts as a matter of pride.”
B
“‘I wasn’t going to come to tryouts,’ he said.”
C
“I want to play on the team, but I want to play on the team with my friends.”
D
“I asked Fornatee what it felt like to be off Luma’s team.”
Explanation
First-person narration occurs when the narrator tells about their own actions or experiences using “I.” In choice D, the narrator says, “I asked Fornatee,” making the narrator part of the story. The “I” in choice C is part of quoted dialogue, spoken by a character rather than the narrator.
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