Point of View 2

Point of view is...

• the author's opinion

• who the narrator is

• the vantage point, or perspective of a story

• the reader's opinion or perspective

How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?

• Pronouns like I, my, and him are used.

• The author is addressing the reader.

• The narrator is not in the story.

• Pronouns like I, my, and we are used.

She liked ice cream, but he liked cake. So they bought both.

• 3rd person pov

• 1st person pov

A personal narrative is written in ______ person point of view.

• first

• second

• third

• any

Which point of view is the following:
"There is one mirror in my house. It is behind a sliding panel in the hallway upstairs. Our faction allows me to stand in front of it on the second day of every third month, the day my mother cuts my hair."
_{from Divergent by Veronica Roth}

• second

• first

• third person

What point of view is the following:
Cathy leaned into her computer screen with big eyes. She couldn't believe it- she had finally gotten a 100 on her math test! She knew her parents would be proud of her.

• First person

• Third person 

What point of view is the following:
Maria introduced her project, which Amy thought she did a bit too enthusiastically. "OMG, thank you so much for letting me speak in front of you today! I am super excited, I spent so much time making this!" Maria said. Amy rolled her eyes and yawned.

• first person

• third person

True or false:
Point is view is utilized in any piece of literature.

• True

• False

What point of view is the following:
"Effie Trinket trots to the podium and gives her signature, “Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!” But suddenly I am thinking of Gale and how the odds are not in his favor."
_{from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins}

• third person

• first person

We go to the mountains every winter for vacation.

• 3rd person

• 1st person

• 2nd person