Question

The excerpt uses third-person narration, because
A. a character is sharing his personal history.
B. the author is speaking to the reader.
C. the author is sharing background information.
D. the author explains how the story ends

Excerpt: Mr. Streeter was a barber and owned his own shop. Orphaned as a teenager, he had raised his five younger siblings by cutting hair, stopping only for Army duty and two years of study at Miles College. Mrs. Streeter had graduated from Tuskegee University, just like both of her parents and five of her seven siblings. She worked as the youth director at the black YWCA.
Excerpt from "We've Got a Job:The 1963 Children's March"

Answer 1

Answer:

I think its C) the author is sharing background information

Explanation:

Third-Person point of view is when you describe a story with the points of view of more than one person not just one; a. wouldn't match this, b. wouldn't really match either, and d. ending a story doesn't matter that's not a point of view. therefore, C. is the most accurate

Answer 2

C. The author is sharing background information.

The author is sharing background information about Mr. Streeter so that the reader will feel like they know Mr Streeter more personally.