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Monica walked quietly through the house so that she would not wake her parents. Before entering the kitchen, she stood and listened, making sure nobody had gotten up because they heard her. She slowly opened the cabinet door, trying to make sure that it didn’t squeak. As Monica reached into the cabinet, something warm and furry touched her hand. Monica ran from the kitchen screaming loudly. Her father ran in to see what had happened. He started laughing when he saw their cat Purr Purr sitting quietly in the kitchen cabinet wagging her tail.

The above passage uses which style of narration?

You are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this at this time of the morning. But here you are, and you cannot say that the terrain is entirely unfamiliar, although the details are fuzzy. —Opening lines of Jay McInerney’s Bright Lights, Big City (1984)

The above passage uses which style of narration?

I was so scared when I first learned that I would be having my tooth pulled. I didn’t sleep at all the night before the procedure. I was terrified that it would hurt more than I could tolerate. I was shaking when I sat in the dentist's chair. He promised me that it would not hurt, but I certainly had my doubts. The dentist gave me some medicine. When I awoke, my tooth was gone, and I didn’t remember a thing.

The above passage uses which style of narration?

Reading: Literature (RL.4.6)