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Point of View

Authored by Kyla Coblentz

English

4th Grade

CCSS covered

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This quiz focuses on point of view in literature, specifically targeting the fundamental skill of identifying and understanding first person, second person, and third person narrative perspectives. Designed for 4th grade students, the assessment covers the essential concept that point of view refers to the perspective from which a story is told, determined by examining pronoun usage and the narrator's relationship to the story events. Students must master recognizing key pronoun indicators: first person uses "I," "me," "my," and "we"; second person addresses the reader with "you" and "your"; and third person employs "he," "she," "they," and character names. The quiz progresses from definitional understanding to practical application, requiring students to analyze various text passages and identify the narrative perspective. Advanced questions challenge students to understand the deeper implications of point of view, such as how first person narration provides more intimate access to a character's thoughts and feelings, while third person creates distance by positioning the narrator outside the story events. Created by Kyla Coblentz, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 4. This comprehensive assessment serves multiple instructional purposes, functioning effectively as a diagnostic tool to gauge initial understanding, a guided practice activity during point of view instruction, or a formative assessment to measure student progress before moving to more complex narrative analysis. Teachers can utilize this quiz as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge, assign it as independent practice homework, or implement it as a review session before summative assessments. The varied question formats, from multiple choice definitions to passage analysis and sentence transformation exercises, provide robust data about student comprehension levels and identify specific areas needing reinforcement. This quiz aligns with Common Core State Standards CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.4.6, which requires students to compare and contrast the point of view from which different stories are narrated, including the difference between first and third person narrations.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the POINT OF VIEW in a story?

the perspective from which the story is told

the characters in the story

the plot of the story

the setting of the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How do you DETERMINE the POINT OF VIEW?

Ask myself, "Who is telling the story?"

Figure out if the narrator is inside (a character) or outside of the story

1st, 2nd, or 3rd person

All of the above

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

FIRST PERSON point of view is...

The narrator addresses the reader with "you" and "your"

The narrator is inside the story as a character: "I" and "my"

The narrator uses words like, "he", "she", "they"

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

THIRD PERSON point of view is...

The narrator addresses the reader with "you" and "your"

The narrator is inside the story as a character: "I" and "my"

The narrator uses words like, "he", "she", "they"

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

SECOND PERSON point of view is...

The narrator addresses the reader with "you" and "your"

The narrator is inside the story as a character: "I" and "my"

The narrator uses words like, "he", "she", "they"

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

He couldn't wait to go to the championship with his baseball team. They were only one game away.

First Person

Second Person

Third Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"I love all flavors of ice cream!" she shouted as she jumped up and down waiting for the ice cream truck to come.

First Person

Second Person

Third Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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