Which statement about third-person narration is most accurate?

• A. It is the most prevalent narration type and can be objective, not revealing thoughts of all characters.
• B. It always presents the inner thoughts of every character.
• C. It is never flexible and strictly limited to one perspective.
• D. It always uses "I" as the narrator.

Answer: (A)

Third-person narration sits outside the story and can vary in how closely it follows characters’ inner experiences. The statement that it is the most common narration type and can be objective, not revealing thoughts of all characters, is accurate because many novels use third-person narration and it can present events without inner thoughts (an objective or “fly on the wall” approach) or can shift to show some characters’ thoughts when using limited or omniscient forms. This flexibility is what makes third-person narration widely used.

It isn’t required to reveal every character’s inner thoughts—so the idea that it always does so isn’t correct. It also isn’t fixed to a single perspective; it can be limited to one character or move among characters in omniscient or multiple-perspective styles. And it doesn’t use "I" as the narrator—that’s first-person narration.