Which sentence shows that the author is using first-person point of view? it was a lazy sunday afternoon. the sun was blazing over the roof, baking us all like cookies in an oven. i was lying on the sofa reading an old book. i was home alone because my mom had gone to her friend's wedding. she had asked me to come along. but who would want to step out in the scorching heat? the only activity worth doing on a hot afternoon is to read a good book while sipping lemonade. i had just begun to enjoy the book when there was loud knock on the front door. i looked up and wondered if it were a robber, a salesperson, or just the next-door lady looking for sugar. our neighbors were funny people. they would run out of things at the weirdest hours. i put my book away and walked to the door.

the answer is  "I was lying on the sofa reading an old book." i know it because i had it on a test and got it right.

1.c

2.a

3.d

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel