Which statement describes the most common characteristic of oral narratives?

a. the audience can participate.

b. characters face internal struggles.

c. they include unexpected plot events.

d. they contain multifaceted characters.?

An oral narrative is a form of spoken story telling. It requires a speaker and an audience. The storyteller and the audience definitely interact during the telling of an oral narrative. The narrator is interacting with the audience when he or she actually tells the story. The audience can choose to interact by way of asking questions or engaging with the narrator. So, the correct answer is A.