Point of View

When the narrator is a character inside of the story, that's

• first person POV

• second person POV

• third person POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

When the narrator is a voice outside of the story, that's

• first person POV

• second person POV

• third person POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"In the spring, when green buds appeared on the gooseberry bushes, we knew the time for planting had arrived. Families from each earth lodge had their own garden. The women and girls did the farming. We planted corn, squash, beans, and sunflowers in the rich soil of the lowlands nearby."

-from Buffalo Bird Girl by S.D. Nelson

• first person, from the perspective of a Hidatsa woman

• first person, from the perspective of a sunflower

• third person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"Pinkerton was curious. He went back to the island night after night, waiting for the mysterious campers to return. On a dark night with only a sliver of moon in the sky, he discovered a group of men making something in a fire."

-from The Eye that Never Sleeps by Marissa Moss

• first person POV, from the perspective of Pinkerton

• first person POV, from the perspective of the camper

• third person POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"Ida quickly settled into her new home and began working on a new article for the Age. She had once written, 'The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.' This was her chance to do just that."

From Yours for Justice, Ida B. Wells by Philip Dray

• first person POV, from the perspective of Ida

• second person POV

• third person POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"The exile of the princes of Lacharra didn't begin with swords or spells. It began inside the castle kitchen with a quest for cloves. It began with me."

From The Flight of the Swans

• first person POV, from the perspective of someone inside the castle

• third person POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"Everyone's scared, but not me. I'm ready. I was made for this. Mischa Love (Dead Star #7,320,100,901) reporting for duty. I'm not going to waste this incredible, amazing life that the stars gave me. I'm going to be brave."

From Love, Ish

• first person POV, from the perspective of Mischa

• third person POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"Dana pulled some shorts and a swimsuit out of a drawer and put them in a duffel bag. She rolled up a beach towel and a sweater and shoved those in as well. She was going camping for the weekend with her aunt, Sandy."

From Ripple Effect

• first person POV, from the perspective of Dana

• first person POV, from the perspective of Sandy

• third person POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

"I got walkie talkies last month for my birthday. I wanted a cell phone, but mom is too cheap. Well, that's not how she tells it. 'Cell phones mess with your brain, Liza,' she says. 'Radio waves equal radiation. No one under eighteen should use cell phones, except in an emergency.'

From Windfall

• first person POV, from the perspective of Liza

• first person POV, from the perspective of her mother

• third person POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Amanda peered out the windows, through the mist. Her excitement grew as the airplane descended. "Here I am at last, in the land of the Potters- Beatrix and Hary" she thought as the plane lurched to a halt. She followed the other passengers.

• first person POV, from the perspective of Amanda

• first person POV, from the perspective of Harry Potter

• third person POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6