2/17/21 Quick Quiz (Point of View)

Point of view (POV) in literature is ...

• a summary of the story in your own words

• the position from which the narrator of the story tells what is happening

• your opinion of the story

• what society thinks of the story

When a book is told through the first person point of view (singular), it used the words ... (check all that apply)

• I

• Me

• Mine

• You

• He or She

When a book is told through the first person point of view (plural), it used the words ... (check all that apply)

• We

• Us

• Our

• You

• They

Second person point of view in literature is when the narrator is telling the story using "you" so the reader is part of the story.

• False

• True

Third person point of view in literature is when the author uses "he, she, they".

• True

• False

What are the three types of 3rd person point of view in literature? (check all that apply)

• 3rd Person Objective (Narrator is not part of the story, but only telling it)

• 3rd Person Limited (Narrator only knows 1 character's thoughts and feelings)

• 3rd Person Omniscient (Narrator is all knowing and sees through the eyes of all characters)

• 1st Person Objective (Narrator does not know who he/she is)

• 2nd Person Omniscient (Narrator is constantly telling you what to do)