Point of View Practice

The ___________ is the person telling the story

• narrator

• protagonist

• third person

• first person

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

First person is ...

• someone from outside the story is telling the story using pronouns like he, she, they, and it

• someone from inside the story who tells the story from his or her own personal point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Third person is ...

• someone from outside the story is telling the story using pronouns like he, she, they, and it

• someone from inside the story who tells the story from his or her own personal point of view

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Third person limited is ...

• is the (he, she) perspective in which the reader only knows the thoughts of the main character

• is the (he, she) perspective in which the reader knows all characters' thoughts

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Third person omniscient is ...

• is the (he, she) perspective in which the reader only knows the thoughts of the main character

• is the (he, she) perspective in which the reader knows all characters' thoughts

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Third person uses pronouns such as ..

• he, she, they, them, his, hers, its, it

• I, me, my, myself, we, us our

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

First person uses pronouns such as ..

• he, she, they, them, his, hers, its, it

• I, me, my, myself, we, us our

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How do you know you're reading a story in the third person limited point of view?

• I only know the thoughts of one character (usually the protagonist)

• I know the thoughts of all or most of the characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How do you know you're reading a story in the third person omniscient point of view?

• I only know the thoughts of one character (usually the protagonist)

• I know the thoughts of all or most of the characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

How do you know you're reading a story in the first person point of view?

• The story is told from the narrator's own point of view, so I can see everything through the narrator's eyes

• I know the thoughts of all or most of the characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6