What Point of View is used in the passage below? “I don’t want to go out there,” Grace said as she wiped away a tear. She though
t to herself, I can’t do this. I can’t do this. Grace’s mother stood behind the stage and looked at Grace. She knew that performing in front of many people could be scary, but she knew that she needed to help Grace overcome her stage fright. “I was afraid like you when I needed to perform. Instead of not doing it, I held a little hope in my pocket. You cannot see hope or feel hope, but it is the imaginary knowledge feeling that everything will be okay,” said Grace’s mother. Grace smiled at her mother and nodded firmly. With a deep breath, she pulled her shoulders back and approached the stage.
The dialogue itself may use pronoun 'I', but in the passage itself, you can see the narrator use words such as 'she', and 'her' making it so an outside speaker is recounting what's happening. That's how you can tell if it's third person. It is omniscient because the narrator is knowledgeable on the characters feelings. It is an all-present or all-knowing way of speaking. Something that can't really be known by anyone but the character themselves is being said without them using dialogue (i.e their thoughts or emotions).
I'm sure you've heard teachers stress the importance of grade 11 quite often, Well, ... You can look at Grade 11 as a trial run for your Matric year because most of the ... That's right Choma, you can use your Grade 11 report to apply for university. ... Tertiary education is expensive and unfortunately, not everyone can afford it.