10B literature and composition LL 4/3/25 U point of view

Point of View in Literature

Who's telling the story?

Point of view ""refers to the narrator's position"
(From Connexus, lesson 7.5, page 9)

Multiple Choice

Every story has a

• linear plot structure

• first person point of view

• narrator

• happy ending

Point of View

Every story has a narrator who tells the story from a specific point of view.

from The Hunger Games:

When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim’s warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the reaping.




What makes this "first person point of view"?

Multiple Select

Which pronouns would the narrator use in first-person point of view?

• me

• you

• they

• our

• us

Open Ended

Write a caption for this image in the FIRST-PERSON POV.

Multiple Choice

Identify the POV in the novel Pride:

"'I don't care,' I say.

'Yes, you do.'

'No. I do not.'

'You should've seen your face when Darius saved you from that bike.'

'I don't care what I looked like, Janae!'

She just laughs at me, and I give in and laugh too. No one can stay mad at Janae for long" (Zoboi 37).

• first-person

• second-person

• third-person

Multiple Choice

In which point of view does the narrator describe "you" and "your" actions?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

Third-person LIMITED

The narrator is an outside observer and describes the thoughts and feelings of just one character in the story.

Multiple Choice

Identify the POV in the novel Eragon:

"Eragon had felt safe inside the bramble, but outside, wariness crept into his movements. Saphira took off and circled overhead. The trees thinned as they returned to the farm. I will see this place again, Eragon insisted to himself. This cannot, will not, be a permanent exile. Someday when it's safe, I'll return...Throwing back his shoulders, he faced south and the strange barbaric lands that lay there" (Paolini 111).

• third-person limited

• third-person objective

• third-person omniscient

Third-person OMNISCIENT

The narrator is able to reveal any characters' thoughts and emotions.

NOTE: The narrator doesn't HAVE to tell the reader everything, but is able to reveal details about all characters.

Multiple Choice

Which form of third person is being used?

Mary was excited to hang out with her friends, but the other girls were secretly hoping the event would be canceled.

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

Third-person OBJECTIVE

The narrator only describes what is seen and heard.

NOTE: The reader may be able to INFER what the characters are thinking or feeling based on their actions, but their thoughts and feelings are never explicitly described.

Multiple Choice

Identify the POV in the novel Hidden Figures: "In April 1951, a few months after Dorothy Vaughan became the boss of the West Area Computing pool, twenty-six-year-old Mary Winston Jackson came to work for her. Mary was new to the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, but not new to the area" (Shetterly 76).

• third-person limited

• third-person omniscient

• third-person objective

Multiple Choice

The narrator uses "I", "me", "my" pronouns.

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

Multiple Choice

The narrator is not a character in the story. The narrator uses pronouns "he", "she", "him", "her" etc...

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

Multiple Choice

From which point of view is this sentence written?

Cinderella was very lonely living with her evil stepmother and stepsisters.

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

Multiple Choice

Which form of third person is being used?

He knows that he is a great football player. He is proud to have scored the most points this season.

• Third person omniscient

• Third person limited

• Third person objective

Multiple Choice

The next morning Mr. Sir marched the boys to another section of the lake, and each boy dug his own hole, five feet deep and five feet wide. Stanley was glad to be away from the big hole. At least now he knew just how much he had to dig for the day. And it was a relief not to have other shovels swinging past his face, or the Warden hanging around (80).

• First Person
• Second Person
• Third Person Limited
• Third Person Omniscient

Multiple Choice

Third Person Limited is when the author reveals the thoughts and feelings of...

• nobody

• one character

• multiple characters

• the author

Multiple Choice

Cindy got her test back and started crying immediately. It was a C. Her mother would never stand for Cs. She felt disappointed. She knew that she would be in big trouble. Then Jen got her test back. Jen cheered. She got a C. Her mother would be so proud. Jen had studied hard for the test and she was satisfied with the results. She felt proud.

• first-person

• second-person

• third-person objective

• third-person limited

• third-person omniscient