Point of View Review

Point of view is...

• what the characters in the story feel.

• what the characters in the story see.

• the perspective from which the story is told.

• the area from which the story is told.

First person point of view means...

• the person telling the story is NOT in the story, but on the outside looking in.

• the person is a character in the story and is participating in the story.

• the person is you telling the story.

• the person is a ghost in the story.

Second person point of view means...

• the author is trying to put YOU in the story and make you the narrator.

• the author is IN the story telling you about their experience.

• the author is telling you their story.

• the author doesn't exist.

Third person point of view means...

• the narrator is IN the story.

• the narrator is YOU in the story.

• the narrator is YOU outside of the story.

• the narrator is NOT in the story, just observing.

Third person LIMITED means...

• the narrator is IN the story but doesn't know what other characters know.

• the narrator is NOT in the story and doesn't know everything the characters know.

• the narrator is IN the story and knows what everyone else in the story knows.

• the narrator is NOT in the story but knows everything that's going on in the story.

Third person OMNISCIENT means...

• the narrator is IN the story but doesn't know what other characters know.

• the narrator is NOT in the story and doesn't know everything the characters know.

• the narrator is IN the story and knows what everyone else in the story knows.

• the narrator is NOT in the story but knows everything that's going on in the story.

What point of view is the following passage told in? "Sarah met with me after school. She told me a lot of students were absent, just like me. Maybe they were all afraid of getting sick."

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

What point of view is the following passage told in? "Sarah and Brandon started to walk down the street. Sarah hoped they would get to her house quickly so they could study. Brandon wasn't thinking about studying though. He wanted to see Sarah's new PS5!"

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

What point of view is the following passage told in? "When you get to Sarah's house, you notice everything is dark. She tells you to wait outside for 60 seconds then come in. She vanishes into the dark house and your stomach starts to hurt. What do you do?"

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

What type of writing normally uses 2nd person?

• Nonfiction stories

• Fiction stories

• Textbooks.

• Instructions.