Point of View

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• first person

• second person

• third person objective

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The detention room was full but no two students sat next to each other. Mr. Schwartz monitored the students carefully. Paul felt a cough coming because he had a tickle in his throat. He tried to stop it because Mr. Schwartz had already warned everyone that they needed to be silent. Paul couldn't hold it back any longer and Mr. Schwartz looked at him angrily. He felt Paul was doing this for attention. Mr. Schwartz would give him what he wanted. He went over to him and sent him to the Principal.

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person objective

• Third person omnisicient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Point of view is only referring to the narrator's point of view. You can only look at the narration to determine point of view. Words in dialogue do not count.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The narrator is in the story and refers to him or herself. The narrator will use words like I, me, we, us, our, my

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person objective

• Third person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

This is almost never used in literature. It is when the narrator says "you" and puts the reader directly into the story.

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person objective

• Third person omnisicient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The narrator tells a story about other people. The narrator uses words like he, she, him, her, they, them, their and the characters' names.

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The narrator knows everything that needs to be know about the characters and event in the story and knows the characters' thoughts, feelings and motives.

The narrator never says "maybe" or "perhaps". They always know.

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person objective

• Third person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The narrator only knows what is experienced, thought or felt by a single character or at most a limited number of characters. They do not seem to be sure of what every character is feeling.

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person objective

• Third person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The narrator can only tell you what can be seen or heard. They cannot know anyone's thoughts or feelings. The narrator doesn't reveal any character's thoughts or feelings.

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person objective

• Third person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The moon shone darkly as Mike walked through the dark alley. "I should never have agreed to meet him here", he whispered to himself. He was on edge. His mind was racing. He imagined shadows in the darkness. He felt afraid. He heard a voice behind him. "Mike!" He turned and saw John, his best friend. "You aren't scared, are you?" Mike lied and said, "no".

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person objective

• Third person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6