Which POV uses "I, me, and my" to tell a story?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

Which POV uses "you" and "your" to tell a story?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

Which POV uses "he, she, and they" to tell a story?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

Point of view is defined as the perspective or vantage point from which a story is being told.

• True

• False

Match the pronouns to the correct point of view.

• 1st Person Point of View

• Pronouns like he, she and they are used

• 3rd Person Point of View

• Pronouns like you, your, yours are used

• 2nd Person Point of View

• Pronouns like I, me, my are used

IDENTIFY THE POINT OF VIEW: "I go up to the front of the team in the darkness and drag them around, realizing we are lost. My clothes have been ripped on tree limbs and my face is bleeding from cuts. . ." (Gary Paulsen)

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person

IDENTIFY THE POINT OF VIEW: "Jonas went to his desk and began to sort through his school papers from the evening's assignment. But his mind was still on December and the coming Ceremony. " (Lois Lowry)

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person

IDENTIFY THE PONT OF VIEW: "People call me the Freeway Gorilla. The Ape at Exit 8. The One and Only Ivan, Mighty Silverback. The names are mine, but they're not me. I am Ivan, just Ivan, only Ivan" (Katherine Applegate)

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person

The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one or more of the characters in the story.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

How can you know that something is written in 1st person point of view?

• Pronouns like he, she and they are used.

• The author is talking directly to the reader.

• The narrator is not in the story.
• Pronouns like I, me, and we are used.