Pop Quiz (POV)

Read the following excerpt from "Encounter With Martin Luther King Jr." by Maya Angelou and identify the point of view the author has narrated it in: "I said no and started to explain about my Mamma  and my crippled uncle who raised me.  As I talked he nodded as if he knew them personally.  When I described the dirt roads and shanties and the little schoolhouse on top of the hill, he smiled in recognition."

• Second Person
• First Person
• Third Person Omniscient
• Third Person Objective

In which type of narrative perspective does the narrator use words such as "you" and "yours" ?

• Third Person Objective
• First Person
• Third Person Limited
• Second Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Identify the type of narration in which the narrator uses pronouns such as "I" or "we".

• First Person
• Third Person Limited
• Third Person Omniscient
• Third Person Objective

Which style of narration uses pronouns such as "he", "she", or "they"?

• Second Person
• First Person
• ^{Fifth Person}
• Third Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Identify the point of view in which the narrator is part of the story and tells the story in his/her point of view.

• Third Person Objective
• First Person
• Second Person
• Third Person Omniscient

Identify the point of view: "Cold chills scurried up and down my back and I shivered as the steep roller coaster clambered up."

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Identify the point of view of the excerpt from The Hunger Games: A pain stabs my left temple and I press my hand against it. Right on the spot where Johanna Mason hit me with the coil of wire. The memories swirl as I try to sort out what is true and what is false.

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

Identify the point of view of the excerpt from Seventh Grade: As Teresa walked down the hall, Victor walked the other way, looking back, admiring how gracefully she walked, one foot in front of the other. So much for being in the same class, he thought.

• Second Person
• Third person 
• First Person secret
• First Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Identify the point of view: Once you have the cake in the oven, start to make the whipped cream frosting. Combine whipping cream, powdered sugar, and food color in a small mixer bowl. Make sure you add just a small amount of food color.

• First Person
• Third Person Limited
• Second person
• Third Person Objective

Identify the point of view: I walked towards the bus stop, hoping to not see Maria. She told everyone my biggest secret and I was never going to forgive her, no matter how hard she tried to cheer me up.

• Second Person
• Third Person Objective
• Third Person Omniscient
• First Person