POV and Theme Practice

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What is the perspective from which a story is told? Options: 1st person, point of view, 3rd person limited, 3rd person omniscient

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point of view

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What is the story's main idea or message? Options: theme, mood, conflict, static character

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theme

Front

What is the feeling created in the reader as he/she reads the story? Options: theme, mood, dynamic character, conflict

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mood

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The attitude of the author or narrator in a piece of writing.

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Tone

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THEME

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A universal truth, moral, or idea that the author wants to express. 

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Which of the following is an example of THEME? Options: Carry your laptops with two hands at all times., Cereal is the healthiest food you can eat., How much wood a woodchuck could chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood., Life is short; make the most of it.

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Life is short; make the most of it.

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Identify the narrative perspective in the following passage: “What would you do if you could fly?" Mrs. V asks as she glances from the bird to me.
"Is that on the quiz?" I ask, grinning as I type.
"I think we've studied just about everything else." Mrs. V chuckles.
"I'd be scared to let go," I type.
"Afraid you'd fall?" she asks.
"No. Afraid it would feel so good, I'd just fly away.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind Options: First Person, Second Person, Third Person Limited, Third Person Omniscient

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First Person

Front

Identify the narrative perspective in the passage: "Leslie sat in front of Paul. She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist. Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him. He wanted to pull a pigtail. He wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank." Sideways Stories From Wayside School, Louis Sachar Options: First Person, Second Person, Third Person Limited, Third Person Omniscient

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Third Person Limited

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Narrative perspective in the quote: “It all began when Ms. Frizzle showed our class a film strip about the human body. We knew trouble was about to start, because we knew Ms. Frizzle was the strangest teacher in the school.”

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First Person

Front

Identify the narrative perspective in the following passage: “He did not go much further, but sat down on the cold floor and gave himself up to complete miserableness, for a long while. He thought of himself frying bacon and eggs in his own kitchen at home - for he could feel inside that it was high time for some meal or other; but that only made him miserabler.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit Options: First Person, Second Person, Third Person Limited, Third Person Omniscient

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Third Person Limited