Question

instructions
read the question carefully and select the best answer.
thoreau’s account of living in the woods in paragraph 1 is told primarily in the _____ tense, from a _____ point of view.
a. present, first - person
b. present, second - person
c. past, first - person
d. past, third - person
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Explanation:

Thoreau's account of living in the woods (from works like "Walden") is a personal narrative. Narratives about one's own experiences are typically in the past tense (as the events occurred before the writing) and from a first - person point of view (using "I" to tell the story). Option A has present tense which is incorrect as the living in the woods was a past event. Option B has second - person (using "you") which is not used in Thoreau's personal account. Option D has third - person (using "he/she/they") which is not the case for a personal narrative. Option C has past tense (correct for a past event) and first - person (correct for a personal account of one's own experiences).

Answer:

C. past; first - person