Brainpop! Point of View

What is point of view?

• The position from which a narrator tells a story.

• The moral of a story.

• The genre to which a story belongs.

• The personality of the main character in a story.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

If Tim wrote a story describing his interactions with Cassie and Rita, what point of view would he most likely use?

• First person

• Third person omniscient

• Second person

• Third person limited

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

Which point of view would you most likely find in a newspaper article about an artist or athlete?

• First person

• Third person omniscient

• Second person

• Third person limited

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What is an unreliable narrator?

• A narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters in the story

• A narrator who addresses the reader as "you"

• A narrator who may not know everything about all the characters and events in a story

• A character in a story who deliberately lies to another character

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What point of view would you most likely find in a novel that explores the deepest thoughts and feelings of a number of characters?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

What effect might a second-person point of view have on a story?

• It would allow the reader to know everything about all the characters

• It would allow the reader to get to know the narrator's thoughts and feelings

• It would give the reader a broad picture about what's going on

• It would place the reader directly into the story

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

If you described your school principal as "omniscient," what would you probably mean?

• That she can read her students' minds.

• That she sees and knows everything that goes on at school.

• That she is able to relate to students on a personal level

• That she is cruel and mean.

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

"As you take the quiz, you feel your confidence growing, and a smile creeps across your face." What type of narration is this?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"I couldn't wait to meet my friend Rita, so I rode my bicycle to her house as fast as I could." What type of narration is this?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following statements is true?

• Switching points of view can be confusing

• An omniscient narrator is usually a character in the story

• Most novels and short stories are written in the second person

• Most newspaper articles are written in the first person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6