"The teen walked along the beach with his mom, though neither one spoke to the other. The son kept glancing at his mother, sometimes with a furrowed brow, other times with wide eyes. He would start to open his mouth, but then would hastily close it again. His mother continued her steady walking, considering him out of the corner of her eye. Sometimes she smiled a thin smile, but generally she kept her mouth closed."

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"The teen walked along the beach with his mom, though neither one spoke to the other. The son kept glancing at his mother, sometimes with a furrowed brow, other times with wide eyes. He would start to open his mouth, but then would hastily close it again. His mother continued her steady walking, considering him out of the corner of her eye. Sometimes she smiled a thin smile, but generally she kept her mouth closed."

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Second person

Third-person limited

Third-person objective

Third-person omniscient

ttp · Answer

First-Person—uses the word “I” and one character tells the story.
    Second-Person—uses the word “you” and makes the reader feel a part of the story.
    Third-Person Omniscient—the narrator is not part of the story and knows what every character is thinking and feeling.
    Third-Person Limited—the narrator is not part of the story but knows only what one character is thinking and feeling.
    Third-Person Objective—the narrator is not part of the story and does not know characters’ thoughts or a feeling, but only states their actions and speech. Imagine you are holding a video camera. You see all the action, but there is no one to tell you what the actors are thinking.

anonymous · Answer

Yeah. First off, it's definitely not first or second person.

anonymous · Answer

Clearly in this excerpt the narrator is not talking about any of the thoughts that are going on in the characters mind. For example, if the mother was thinking "Damn, my son is pretty retarded" The narrator would say something like: The bitter mother who constantly belittles her son. In other words, the narrator is explaining emotion and such. There is no case of that happening in here though. He is just describing actions and such. Like the mouth opening. It's either Third-Person Objective or Third-Person Limited. However, I would stick with Third-Person limited. Is that all there is to the text?

ttp · Answer

Yes thatt's all there is. But after this question i have one more question is that ok?

ttp · Answer

So third persson limted?

anonymous · Answer

Yeah I would go with Third-Person limited.
I'll help you but, you have to read my essay an tell me what you think :P Okay?

esshotwired · Answer

sorry i was late to help you, but you got help so that is good!

ttp · Answer

Oakay :)

ttp · Answer

@esshotwired  it's fine :)

ttp · Answer

As the teen walked along the beach with his mother, he knew he had to tell her the verifiable truth. He figured she may never forgive him for his deception, but that she still deserves to know. As he considered this, his mom walked beside him without saying a word. She was aware of her son's actions, and was just waiting for him to act responsibly by admitting it. She kept watching out of the corner of her eye, allowing herself a small smile and enjoying his obvious discomfort."

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anonymous · Answer

Definitely Third-Person Omniscient. The mother is aware of her sons actions and understands the discomfort of her son. The narrator also knows what the son is thinking. "He knew he had to tell her the verifiable truth" Knew is the keyword. The narrator knows what the son knows and the narrator knows what the mother knows. This is all stuff going on inside the characters minds. Usually when a person thinks of something it stays with them. However, the narrator knows what both of them are thinking so it's omniscient. I'll PM you my essay.