Point Of View

The AUTHOR is...

• The speaker in a text

• The person who wrote the story

• The person who told the story

• A flat character

The NARRATOR is...

• The person telling the story

• The person who wrote the story

• A flat character

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY:

Examples of SECOND PERSON texts are...

• Directions

• Instructions

• Make your own adventure books

• Biographies

In THIRD PERSON point of view, the narrator is talking about...

• Nobody

• The speaker

• Themselves

• Someone else

THIRD PERSON OBJECTIVE is when the author reveals the thoughts and feelings of..

• No characters

• One character

• More than one character

• The author

THIRD PERSON LIMITED is when the author reveals the thoughts and feelings of..

• No character

• One character

• More than one character

• The author

THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT is when the author reveals the thoughts and feelings of...

• No characters

• One character

• More than one character

• The author

How does an author develop a specific point of view?

• By carefully choosing the right words and descriptions

• By quoting facts geared to persuade the reader

• By relying on third-person omniscient to create stronger plots

• By expressing multiple personal opinions and biases

Which set of pronouns would typically be found in a first person point of view?

• themselves, us

• he, she, it, they

• you, yours, yourself

• I, me, my, we, our

Which statement about third person limited point of view is correct?

• The narrator is an internal voice that employs several points of view in order to effectively tell the story.

• The narrator is an internal voice that offers readers a deeper understanding of his or her actions.

• The narrator is an external voice who only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.

• The narrator is an external voice who knows the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters.