Szyrwiel 7.R.1.3 Perspective and Point of View

Open Ended

How can an unreliable narrator affect a reader's understanding of a story?

Multiple Choice

Why is it important to consider the perspective and point of view when reading a literary text?

• It helps understand the author's background.

• It reveals the structure of the story.

• It influences how events and characters are interpreted.

• It determines the length of the text.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes an unreliable narrator?

• A narrator who tells the story truthfully

• A narrator who cannot be trusted to provide correct information

• A narrator who is always present in the story

• A narrator who knows everything about every character

Multiple Choice

How can a narrator’s perspective shape a reader’s understanding of a story?

• A narrator’s perspective has no impact on the story.
• The narrator's perspective only affects the plot structure.
• It guarantees that the story is always completely true and unbiased.
  

• It controls which events, thoughts, and details the reader experiences.

• First Person – narrator is a character in the story; uses “I,” “me,” “my”

• Second Person – narrator speaks directly to the reader; uses “you”

• Third Person Limited – narrator is outside the story but only reveals one character’s thoughts/feelings

• Third Person Omniscient – narrator knows the thoughts/feelings of all characters

• Third Person Objective – narrator is outside the story and reports only actions and dialogue, not thoughts

• Multiple Points of View - two or more characters are narrators

Multiple Choice

If a story is told from the perspective of a character within the story, which point of view is being used?

• First-person point of view

• Third-person limited point of view

• Third-person omniscient point of view

• Objective point of view

Multiple Choice

Read the following excerpt from Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.” What is the point of view of the excerpt?

• third-person limited

• third-person omniscient

• first-person

• second-person

Dropdown

Limited point of view means the narrator has insight into the thoughts and feelings of only a ___ character.

Select answer

Multiple Select

Which of the following are types of narrator's point of view? (more than one answer)

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

• Fourth person

Multiple Choice

We laughed so hard that milk came out of their noses. From which point of view is the sentence written?

• Third Person, omniscient
• Third person, objective
• First Person

Multiple Select

Which two things you should consider when identifying different perspectives and points of view in a text? (more than one)

• The types of figurative language used

• whether there is one or multiple narrators

• how the author develops different perspectives

• Which theme is developed

Multiple Choice

In which point of view does the narrator have a limited perspective and can only share the thoughts and feelings of one character?

• First-person point of view

• Third-person limited point of view

• Third-person omniscient point of view

• Objective point of view

Open Ended

What is an unreliable narrator, and how can their lack of credibility affect a reader's understanding of a literary text?

Multiple Choice

How does the narrator’s perspective influence the reader’s understanding of the story?

• It determines the story’s genre and setting automatically.

• It forces the reader to agree with every character’s opinion.

• It prevents the story from having any conflict or tension.

• It shapes what events and details the reader knows, guiding their interpretation of characters and actions.

Multiple Choice

3rd Person Omniscient

• narrator speaks for themselves and usually a character in the story

• narrator know the actions of the characters and only knows thoughts of one character

• narrator watches story and tells the actions of characters

• narrator know the actions of the characters and the thoughts of all the characters