Point of View 5.6

The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of 1 character in the story.

• First Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Omniscient

The narrator is NOT in the story, and does not know the thoughts or feelings of any character.

• First Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Omniscient

The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of ALL (more than 1) character in the story.

• First Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Omniscient

The narrator is a character IN the story.

• First Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Omniscient

The narrator addresses the reader by using keywords such as "you" or "your"

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

The phone rang.

"Hello?" I answered.

"May I speak to Kevin Partel?" the male voice asked.

"I am Kevin," I replied. I didn't recognize this person's voice. I wondered why he was calling me.

From which point of view is the passage written?

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

The police officer looked at the boy skeptically. He didn't believe this kid's story for one second. How could anyone walk ten blocks in just two minutes?

"You told me that you were home watching Spongebob before you came here. Well, I happen to know that Spongebob ends at 10:30, but witnesses say that they saw you here at 10:32, right after the incident occured. Something isn't making sense here," said the police officer.

Uh oh. He knows that I am lying, thought Brody. Maybe I better just tell him the truth right now and admit that I did it.

From which point of view is the excerpt written?

• First Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Omnisicent

Christa almost broke her tooth on one of Rico's brownies, but when he asked her what she thought, she told him she adored it. He was the best little brother a sister could have.

Because the story is told from Christa's point of view, the reader knows that...

• She does not appreciate the brownie

• Her brother is a very good cook

• Her brother made the brownies

• She is thankful her brother is so thoughtful

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

When I lifted the toilet lid, a grey tree frog stared back at me. He spread his long, wide fingers to keep himself on the side of the toilet bowl, right at the edge of the water. He didn't stay there for long, though, because the minute he saw me, he leaped out of the toiled and onto the wall.

I didn't know how he'd gotten there, but I knew he didn't belong. I used both hands to try to scoop him up, but he hopped onto the floor. I closed the bathroom door and ran to find something to catch him in.

I tried a cup, but it was too small. I tried a pot, but the frog scooted out from underneath before I could drop it over him. He kept leaping all over!

I thought maybe I was scaring him by trying to trap him. I put a paper plate near him and waited for him to jump onto it. When he did, I walked quickly toward the door. He jumped off twice, but each time I got him to hop back onto the plate.

Outside side, I finally set the cute tree frog down, and he hopped away.

The narrator's opinion is that the tree frog is..

• frightened

• mammoth

• creepy

• vicious

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.3.6

When I lifted the toilet lid, a grey tree frog stared back at me. He spread his long, wide fingers to keep himself on the side of the toilet bowl, right at the edge of the water. He didn't stay there for long, though, because the minute he saw me, he leaped out of the toiled and onto the wall.

I didn't know how he'd gotten there, but I knew he didn't belong. I used both hands to try to scoop him up, but he hopped onto the floor. I closed the bathroom door and ran to find something to catch him in.

I tried a cup, but it was too small. I tried a pot, but the frog scooted out from underneath before I could drop it over him. He kept leaping all over!

I thought maybe I was scaring him by trying to trap him. I put a paper plate near him and waited for him to jump onto it. When he did, I walked quickly toward the door. He jumped off twice, but each time I got him to hop back onto the plate.

Outside side, I finally set the cute tree frog down, and he hopped away.

If the passage were written from the frog's point of view, the reader would know...

• what other items might have been used to catch the frog

• how the frog originally got into the toilet bowl

• why the speaker wanted to take the frog outside

• who else was in the house to help with the frog

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.8.6