Point of View

Point of view is...

• the author's opinion

• who the narrator is

• the perspective from which a story is told

• the reader's opinion or perspective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How can you tell when something is written in first person point of view?

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

• The author addresses the reader.

• The narrator is not in the story.

• Pronouns like he, she and their are used.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

• 3rd person pov
• 1st person pov

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

• first

• second

• third

• any

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.10

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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 

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"Get out of my way!" the boy screamed at me. He was barreling toward me as his bike picked up speed as it rushed downhill. "My brakes aren't working!"

• Second Person

• First Person

• Third Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following is true when a text is written in third person omniscient point of view?

• A NARRATOR is telling what all characters do/say and knows what ALL characters think/feel.

• A CHARACTER is telling what all characters do/say and knows what ALL characters think/feel.

• A NARRATOR is telling what all characters do/say and knows what SOME characters think/feel.

• A CHARACTER is telling what all characters do/say and knows what SOME characters think/feel.

Which part of speech is most helpful in determining point of view in a text?

• adjectives

• nouns

• pronouns

• verbs

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What point of view uses pronouns your and you?

• second person

• first person

• third person omniscient

• third person limited