How can the reader recognize the particular voice of a story?

a. by looking at the central conflict between the characters
b. by looking at whose perspective a story is told from
c. by looking at the overall lesson or meaning of a story
d. by looking at the use of language, diction, and tone

D.

Explanation:

Types of voice in fiction:

Author's voice: It is a unique voice of author that he use to create a story. Author's voice is the tone, diction and use of language that he use to create a story. Author's voice makes each and every author so distinctive from each other that one can know by merely reading a selection of their text. Narrative voice: It is the format used by the narrator to tell a story. Character's voice: It is the voice of each character given in any fiction. In character voice the story is told from first-person point of view.

A reader of any selection of text can recognize the voice of a story by looking the words used, tone, and usage of language.

"But the Prince Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court, and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated abbeys."

"The external world could take care of itself. In the meantime it was folly to grieve, or to think. The prince had provided all the appliances of pleasure."

"The external world could take care of itself. In the meantime it was folly to grieve, or to think. The prince had provided all the appliances of pleasure."

These are the answers I have chosen, as I'm taking the test currently. Hope it helps!

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