Point of View in the Landlady

In the short story the Landlady what point of view did the author use?

• First person

• Third person omniscient

• Third person limited

• second person

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CCSS.RL.2.10

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In the short story the Landlady we get the thoughts and feelings of which character?

• Billy Weaver

• Both Billy and the Landlady

• The Narrator

• The Landlady

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

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How does the author of the short story The Landlady build suspense using point of view?

• We get the point of view of the Landlady so the readers know she is going to do something the Billy and that helps build suspense by using dramatic irony.

• We get the point of view of Billy Weaver, and so we know that he seems unaware of the red flags the Landlady is putting out, and suspense builds as the reader wonders if he will figure it out before it is too late.

• We get the point of view of Billy Weaver and the Landlady so the reader knows that the Landlady is up to know good.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

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CCSS.RL.4.3

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How do you think the story would have changed if the point of view was different? (first person, or first person omniscient or first person limited (from the POV of a different character.)

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How would the story change if we also got the point of view of the Landlady? Use text evidence to support your answer?