Point of View

Point of view is...

• What the story is about
• The author's favorite book
• Who is telling the story
• The main idea 

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

Third person point of view is when the narrator uses words like:

• She, They, He 
• I, Me, My

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

We lived on the main residential street in town—Atticus, Jem and I, plus Calpurnia our cook. Jem and I found our father satisfactory: he played with us, read to us, and treated us with courteous detachment… Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt her absence. She was a Graham from Montgomery; Atticus met her when he was first elected to the state legislature.

• 1st person point of view
• 2nd person point of view
• 3rd person omniscient
• 3rd person limited

The Scarecrow found a tree full of nuts and filled Dorothy’s basket with them, so that she would not be hungry for a long time. She thought this was very kind and thoughtful of the Scarecrow, but she laughed heartily at the awkward way in which the poor creature picked up the nuts. His padded hands were so clumsy that he dropped almost as many as he put in the basket. But the Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the basket, for it enabled him to keep away from the fire, as he feared a spark might get into his straw and burn him up.

• 1st person point of view 
• 2nd person point view
• 3rd person omniscient
• 3rd person limited

The next morning Mr. Sir marched the boys to another section of the lake, and each boy dug his own hole, five feet deep and five feet wide. Stanley was glad to be away from the big hole. At least now he knew just how much he had to dig for the day. And it was a relief not to have other shovels swinging past his face, or the Warden hanging around.

• 1st person point of view
• 2nd person point of view
• 3rd person omniscient
• 3rd person limited

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The next morning Mr. Sir marched the boys to another section of the lake, and each boy dug his own hole, five feet deep and five feet wide. Stanley was glad to be away from the big hole. At least now he knew just how much he had to dig for the day. And it was a relief not to have other shovels swinging past his face, or the Warden hanging around.

• 1st person point of view
• 2nd person point of view
• 3rd person omniscient
• 3rd person limited

The farm next to ours is owned by Mr. and Mrs. Gregg. The Greggs have two children, both of them boys. Their names are Philip and William. Sometimes I go over to their farm to play with them. I am a girl and I am eight years old. Philip is also eight years old. Last week something very funny happened. I am going to tell you about it as best as I can.

• 1st person point of view
• 2nd person point of view
• 3rd person omniscient
• 3rd person limited

The narrator is a character in the story.

• first person 
• third person omniscient
• third person objective 
• third person limited 

True or False: A character can also be a narrator

• True

• False

Which type of point of view is when a narrator who is not a part of the story tells the story?

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person