Question

which narrative point of view is shown in the passage?

she said she had to find some way to keep herself busy now that her sons were taking off. you said that you hadnt left, not really. . . . the bread soon started to burn. she had made bread only two other times that you could recall. both times it had burned.

from jay mcinerney, bright lights, big city.
copyright 1984 by jay mcinerney

first person
second person
third person

Explanation:

⚡ Using what you learned: point of view: first, second, and third person

Step 1: Identify key pronouns

Look at the pronouns used by the narrator to address the characters in the passage:

• "She said she had to find some way to keep herself busy..."
• "You said that you hadn't left, not really."
• "...two other times that you could recall."

Step 2: Determine the narrative perspective

The narrator addresses the reader or a character directly as "you," making the reader a character in the story. This is the defining characteristic of the second-person point of view.

Answer:

second person