The person who is telling the story; the speaker.

The person who is telling the story; the speaker.

• A. Author
• B. Narrator
• C. Protagonist
• D. Reader

Answer: (B)

The person telling the story is the narrator—the voice through which events are shared and information is given to the reader. The narrator can be a character within the story or an outside voice, and can speak using I, we, or he/she, shaping what the reader knows and how they understand the events. The author is the real person who wrote the story, not the voice telling it. The protagonist is the central character whose experiences drive the plot, and the reader is the person who reads the story. So the speaker behind the telling is the narrator.

The person telling the story is the narrator—the voice through which events are shared and information is given to the reader. The narrator can be a character within the story or an outside voice, and can speak using I, we, or he/she, shaping what the reader knows and how they understand the events. The author is the real person who wrote the story, not the voice telling it. The protagonist is the central character whose experiences drive the plot, and the reader is the person who reads the story. So the speaker behind the telling is the narrator.