Which of the following students provides the most accurate statement about the specific kind of discourse known as a narrative?
a. Tonya: "In a narrative, a speaker talks for a while without interruption, in order to describe a series of events."
b. William: "A narrative is the listener's ongoing interpretation of the speaker's utterances."
c. Skip: "A narrative is the verbal response that the listener is silently constructing; this narrative will be presented as soon as the speaker's turn has been completed."
d. Guillermo: "A narrative is a series of sentences that the speaker develops in order to present a specific logical argument."
Ans: a
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