Which describes first-person omniscient narration?

• A. It uses the pronoun 'I' and shares only personal thoughts.
• B. It uses 'we' to address the reader.
• C. It uses 'I' but also reports the thoughts of others within the scene.
• D. It narrates solely through the actions of others.

Answer: (C)

Think about how a narrator’s perspective shapes what the reader knows. In first-person omniscient narration, the storyteller speaks in the first person—using I—yet can reveal the inner lives of other characters within the scene. This means the narrator shares their own thoughts while also reporting what others are thinking and feeling, giving a broad view of the situation from inside the story.

That combination—I as the voice plus access to others’ thoughts—fits this description precisely. It differs from a strictly first-person narration that reveals only the narrator’s own thoughts, from a we-style narrator that addresses the reader as a group, and from narrating solely through the actions of others, which would not expose their inner thoughts.