Point of View

One way to identify second person is the use of:

• you, your, you're

• I, me, mine

• he, she, we

• them and they

In non-fiction, we can find second person in:

• business writing

• self help books

• interactive, game playing books

• all of the above

In first person, the author most commonly uses the pronouns:

• him, he

• they, their

• I, we

• you, you're

In third person limited, the reader knows:

• what multiple characters think and feel.

• only the thoughts and feelings of one character.

• only what one character thinks and feels because everything is seen through that character's eyes as he/she tells the story.

• everything because third person limited is a god-like, all-knowing point of view.

What is the difference between third person limited and third person omniscient?

• Third person limited allows the reader to know multiple characters' thoughts and feelings while third person omniscient only shares one character's thoughts and feelings.

• There is no difference between the two.

• Third person limited shares one character's thoughts and feelings while third person omniscient shares multiple characters' thoughts and feelings.

• Third person omniscient doesn't let the reader know any of the characters' thoughts and feelings while third person limited shares one character's thoughts and feelings.

Which point of view is the author using in the following text?

"I have of late, - but wherefore I know not, - lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises; and indeed, it goes heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory."

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

Which point of view is the author using in the following text?

"You are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this at this time of the morning. But here you are, and you cannot say that the terrain is entirely unfamiliar, although the details are fuzzy."

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

What point of view does the author use in the following song lyrics?

"Don't stop believin', Hold on to that feelin."

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

What point of view does the author write from in the following advertisement?

Skittles - Taste the rainbow!

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

What point of view is the following famous quote written from?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

• 4th person