Full control over the characters, interpreting their motives and actions, introducing moral judgments, and generally guiding the reader to like or dislike particular characters.

Full control over the characters, interpreting their motives and actions, introducing moral judgments, and generally guiding the reader to like or dislike particular characters.

• A. First-person narrative
• B. Omniscient narrator
• C. Narrator
• D. Second-person narrative

Answer: (B)

All-knowing narration lets the storyteller control what readers know, interpret motives, and shape opinions about characters. The description—having full control over characters, explaining their motives and actions, offering moral judgments, and guiding readers to like or dislike certain figures—fits an omniscient narrator precisely because this voice can reveal inner thoughts across multiple characters and steer the reader’s judgments. In contrast, a first-person narrator is limited to one character’s perspective and inner life, so they can’t reliably expose everyone’s motives or provide broad moral commentary. A second-person narrative speaks to the reader as "you," which places the reader at the center rather than presenting an all-knowing view of the characters. A generic narrator term doesn’t specify the broad, all-knowing scope that the described control and interpretive guidance require.

All-knowing narration lets the storyteller control what readers know, interpret motives, and shape opinions about characters. The description—having full control over characters, explaining their motives and actions, offering moral judgments, and guiding readers to like or dislike certain figures—fits an omniscient narrator precisely because this voice can reveal inner thoughts across multiple characters and steer the reader’s judgments.

In contrast, a first-person narrator is limited to one character’s perspective and inner life, so they can’t reliably expose everyone’s motives or provide broad moral commentary. A second-person narrative speaks to the reader as "you," which places the reader at the center rather than presenting an all-knowing view of the characters. A generic narrator term doesn’t specify the broad, all-knowing scope that the described control and interpretive guidance require.