Point of View

Name the point of view:

My mother was a tailor. She sewed my new bluejeans

• Third person limited

• Third person Omniscient

• First person

• 2nd person

The school bus rumbled down the street. Usually Christopher enjoyed looking out the window, but today the world outside didn’t seem important. Christopher felt stretched tight, like the rubber bands on his new braces.

• 1st person

• 3rd person omniscient

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

Max tossed another shovelful of dirt over his shoulder. It felt like he had been digging for hours. Yesterday Grandpa called Max wondering if he should plant a tree in his yard.

• 2nd person

• 3rd person omniscient

• 1st person

• 3rd person limited

There’s something different in the air As you come in one day, And suddenly you realize— Grandma’s come to stay!

And you begin to think of things Like batters rich and thick, Of half-scraped pans and dripping bowls And spoons she lets you lick.

• 3rd person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 1st person

• 2nd person

Winn-Dixie was not allowed to come inside the store, so I held the collar and the leash up to the window.

• 3rd person limited

• 1st person point of view

• 2nd person

• 3rd person omniscient

I looked around. It was a parrot. She was sitting on top of one of the fish tanks, looking right at me.

• 3rd person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 2nd person

• 1st person

What words help the reader identify first person point of view?

• she, they, them

• you, you're, them

• him, her, they

• me, I, we, us

Which sentence is third person?

• "I can't make it!", I said.

• "I can't make it!", you said.

• I can't make it.

• "I can't make it!', she said.

We never look at dialogue to determine point of view.

• true

• false

While bats seem mysterious or even scary to some, these night flyers are interesting to me.

• 2nd person

• 1st person

• 3rd person