Point of View - 5

Why is it important to know the narrative point of view of a story?  Choose the BEST answer.

• Because who the narrator is determines what information the readers know and doesn't know.
• Because characters are important.
• Because Miss Whitman says so.
• Because the point of view tells us the mood of the story.

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A type of narrative perspective in which the  author uses pronouns like ''your" and "you" to address the reader

• Second Person
• Third Person Limited
• First Person
• Third Person Omniscient

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

• The word "I" is used somewhere in the text
• the author is addressing the reader
• the narrator is not in the story
• The story is told from the perspective of one character in the text

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What is special about third person limited?

• The thoughts of most characters are revealed
• The thoughts of all characters are revealed
• The thoughts of one character is not revealed
• The thoughts of one character is revealed

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The president’s friends were worried about safety. They feared that rebel sympathizers would try to kidnap or kill him. Lincoln himself had been living with fear and rumors of his assassination for years. 

• 1st Person
• 3rd Person Limited
• 3rd Person Omniscient
• 3rd Person Objective

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The narrator is the______.

• person telling the text
• main character in the story
• enemy of the main character in the text
• person listening to the text

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Which sentence is written is second person point of view?

• Erin did not want to go to the grocery store.
• You did not want to go to the grocery store.
• Mariah did not want to go to the grocery store.
• I did not want to go to the grocery store.

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A _________ narrator can see and describe every character's thought.

• first person
• second person
• third person, limited 
• third person, omniscient

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"omniscient" means

• "address directly"

• "observer"

• "the one and only"

• "all knowing"

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As I grazed in the field, I realized that there were not any other animals around. I had a weird feeling that something was wrong. The other animals that are usually making noises are all silent. The rustling from my hooves are the only sound. I see a shadow up in a tree. I feel afraid and uneasy. I think that is is unsafe here, so I am going to run away.

From what/whose perspective is the passage written?

• A hunter

• An animal looking for friends

• An animal being hunted

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