Point of View

The narrator is the

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

When the narrator tells the story using “you” or “your”

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient

• Third-person objective

When the narrator tells the story using “he” or “she” and does not tell any characters’ thoughts

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient

• Third-person objective

When the narrator tells the story using “he” or “she” and tells two or more characters’ thoughts or feelings

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient

• Third-person objective

When the narrator tells the story using “I” or “my”

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient

• Third-person objective

When the narrator tells the story using “he” or “she” and reveals only one character’s thoughts and feelings

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient

• Third-person objective

What point of view is this passage told in?

Leslie sat in front of Paul. She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist. Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him. He wanted to pull a pigtail. He wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank. He thought it would be fun to tie the pigtails together, or better yet, tie them to her chair. But most of all, he just wanted to pull one.

_{from Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar}

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient

• Third-person objective

What point of view is this passage told in?

The Scarecrow found a tree full of nuts and filled Dorothy's basket with them, so that she would not be hungry for a long time. She thought this was very kind and thoughtful of the Scarecrow, but she laughed heartily at the awkward way in which the poor creature picked up the nuts. His padded hands were so clumsy that he dropped almost as many as he put in the basket. But the Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the basket, for it enabled him to keep away from the fire, as he feared a spark might get into his straw and burn him up.

_{from The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum}

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient

• Third-person objective

What point of view is this passage told in?

Effie Trinket trots to the podium and gives her signature, “Happy Hunger Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor!” But suddenly I am thinking of Gale and how the odds are not in his favor.

_{from The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins}

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient

• Third-person objective

What point of view is this passage told in?

The next morning, Mr. Sir marched the boys to another section of the lake, and each boy dug his own hole, five feet deep and five feet wide. Stanley was glad to be away from the big hole. At least now he knew just how much he had to dig for the day. And it was a relief not to have other shovels swinging past his face, or the Warden hanging around.

_{from Holes by Louis Sachar}

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient

• Third-person objective