Point of View Practice

Identify the POV: "Do you love candy?" I asked my friend Roxy. I always make friends with other people.

• 1st person
• 2nd person
• 3rd person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Identify the POV: French Toast 101: First, take out a skillet to cook and turn the stove on low.  Second, you will melt the butter in the pan and stir it with a spatula. Third, beat the eggs.  Fourth, lay the bread, white or wheat, on both sides in the eggs.  Fifth, sit the bread on top of butter for 30 seconds and then turn it over.  Now, you have a slice of French toast, repeat. 

• 1st person
• 2nd person
• 3rd person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Identify the POV: Jessie felt sad all day.  Jessie thought and thought about his situation and he thought to himself, I need to get myself together.  Maria came in the door and asked what was wrong.  He told her.  Maria frowned.  She felt as if she were being abandoned by everyone. 

• 3rd objective
• 3rd limited
• 3rd omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Identify the POV: Some dark night Shelly said, "I hate squirrels," but really she loved them. Carol just listened to Shelly. Later, they went to the movies.

• 3rd objective
• 3rd limited
• 3rd omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Identify the POV: We are not as close as we once were, at least not since that thing happened. 

• 1st person
• 2nd person
• 3rd person
• 3rd limited

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Identify the POV: "How can I make people notice me?" Emma thought.  Then, Emma's two twin nieces ran in the kitchen and asked Emma to make a batch of cookies for their class.  She did, and the next day at the bake sale, a lot of children and parents were buying her cookies. 

• 3rd objective
• 3rd limited
• 3rd omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Identify the POV: Timmy Turner was going on a field trip today. Most of his classmates stayed at school because they didn't have enough points to go.

• 3rd objective
• 3rd limited
• 3rd omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Identify the POV: When I went to the store, I witnessed a girl crying on the street and I took a closer look and saw it was my friend.  I walked to where she was and asked her what was wrong.  She said, "Family problems."  Being a good friend, I told her to call me later if she wanted to talk about it.

• 1st person
• 3rd person limited
• 3rd person objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

When narrator tells the story of "he" or "she" it is what point of view?

• 1st person
• 2nd person
• 3rd person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Identify POV: At eight-thirty the eggs were shriveled and the toast was like stone.  An aluminum wedge scraped them into the sink,  where hot water whirled them down a metal throat which digested and flushed them away to the distant sea.  The dirty dishes were dropped into a hot washer and emerged twinkling dry.

• 3rd objective
• 3rd limited
• 1st person
• 2nd person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6