Basics of Point of View

What's a narrator of a story?

• The characters in a story

• The person drawing the pictures for a story

• The person telling the story

• The author writing the story

What's point of view in a story?

• The narrator telling the story through others' experiences only

• The narrator telling the story through personal experiences or through another character

• The author writing the book

• The narrator telling the story using pictures

What's the second person point of view in telling a story?

• Telling a story as the narrator, using the name of a character in the story.

• Telling a story through another person's experiences using the words 'he', 'she', or 'they'.

• Telling a story incorporating the reader into the story using words like 'you', 'your', and 'yours'

• Telling a story from the narrator's own personal experiences using the words 'I', 'me', or 'mine'

What's the third person point of view in a story?

• The narrator tells the story through their own experiences and feelings using the word 'I.'

• The narrator tells the story through many characters in a story using the words 'us' and 'we.'

• The narrator tells the story using the words 'he' or 'she.'

• The narrator tells the story through their own experiences and feelings using the words 'me' or 'my.'

What's the first person point of view in a story?

• The narrator tells the story through their own experiences using the word 'him' or 'her.'

• The narrator tells the story through their own experiences and feelings using the word 'I.'

• The narrator tells the story through different animal's experiences and feelings using the words 'they' or 'them.'

• The narrator tells the story through a character's experiences and feelings using the words 'he' or 'she.'

Determine the point of view of the following sentence: "I walked down the sidewalk, rain dripping down my head."

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

Determine the point of view of the following sentence: "He jumped up the stair. He was nervous, the clock was ticking, and he knew time was running out."

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Which words indicate first person point of view

• I, me, myself

• You, your, you're

• He, she, it, them

Determine the point of view of the following sentence: "You need to go down the stairs. Then, you will take the second door to the right."

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

What is the fourth person point of view

• written beyond the fourth dimension of time

• a point of view including everyones point of view

• A character telling a story that has already happened

• it doesn't exist