Which phrase in the passage from my antonia, by willa cather, indicates that it is written from a first-person point of view? my antonia while the train flashed through never-ending miles of ripe wheat, by country towns and bright-flowered pastures and oak groves wilting in the sun, we sat in the observation car, where the woodwork was hot to the touch and red dust lay deep over everything. a. “red dust lay deep over everything” b. “we sat in the observation car” c. “through never-ending miles of ripe wheat” d. “the woodwork was hot to the touch”

To answer this question, just remember that you're looking to prove the story is in first person. Which excerpt provides a subject written in first person?

A. " red dust lay deep over everything” This describes the setting, so it's wrong

C. “through never-ending miles of ripe wheat” This also describes the setting

D. “the woodwork was hot to the touch” Once again, the subject is the setting

The only answer left is B, which states, “we sat in the observation car”. WE sat in the observation car. B is the only answer that includes a subject from a first person point of view, and therefore is correct.

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.