Audio recording of The Words of Mormon, Chapter 1, from The Book of Mormon.
Words of Mormon has only one chapter. It's an interesting bit of editorial text by the prophet Mormon, who along with his son, Moroni, was the chief compiler of The Book of Mormon. It falls between records written on the Plates of Nephi, and the records written on other plates kept by prophets and leaders of the Nephites over many hundreds of years. Notice that the writings of the Plates of Nephi are written almost entirely in first person. The books that follow, Mosiah through 4th Nephi, are written mainly in third person—aside from dialogue and quotations—with occasional editorial interjections by Mormon. The first person perspective returns in the personal writings of Mormon and Moroni. First person also appears in the Book of Ether, both from Moroni and the original keepers of the record of the Jaredites (which is the Book of Ether). That record of the Jaredites is mentioned in The Words of Mormon.
