POV Quiz

What are the clue words for FIRST person point of view?

• he, she, they, them, it

• you, your

• I, me, my, we, us

What are the clue words for SECOND person point of view?

• he, she, they, them, it

• you, your

• I, me, my, we, us

What are the clue words for THIRD person point of view?

• he, she, they, them, it

• you, your

• I, me, my, we, us

What point of view is this paragraph written in?

I have a puppy named Coco. Coco is a little, furry ball of energy. If I just stood there and stared at her, she would just start running around in circles.

• FIRST person

• SECOND person

• THIRD person

What point of view is this paragraph written in?

Bailey has a puppy named Coco. Coco is a little, furry ball of energy. If Bailey just stood there and stared at her, she would just start running around in circles.

• FIRST person

• SECOND person

• THIRD person

What point of view is this paragraph written in?

You have a puppy named Coco. Coco is a little, furry ball of energy. If you just stood there and stared at her, she would just start running around in circles.

• FIRST person

• SECOND person

• THIRD person

Which of the following is written in the third person point of view?

• "I want to go too!" Charlie begged as his mother loaded the car with her other three children.

• I am not always god, but I try to be. You see, I have had a hard life.

• He told me not to do it, but I did it anyway

• I love to go to the beach. There is nothing else in the world like the magnificence of the ocean.

Which of these passages is told in first-person point of view?

• Chuck had always wanted to try flying model rockets. Then, during the summer, his father and brother built a few rockets with him. They flew the rockets that autumn. Chuck enjoyed seeing the rockets disappear into the clouds and float back down on a parachute. 

• Model rocketry can be a great hobby. Although some rockets are expensive, rockets and gear can be inexpensive, which makes this a hobby for anyone. Some model rockets can even touch the upper atmosphere of Earth! Rocketry is fun, but you should always practice safety. 

• The local high school has launched its first ever rocketry club. To the surprise of faculty, a wide range of students joined the club. Most students have little to no experience with model rockets, but that's not stopping the school from building, launching, and enjoying rockets!

• During the spring, model rocketry began to catch my attention. Over the course of a few months, I began saving up for a rocketry kit, which included a small rocket, a launch pad, and a rocket engine. With the supervision of my parents, I launched nine rockets that summer. 

Read this sentence from the story.

“I couldn’t help but think about November when I would turn ten and my life would change

forever...”

What does this sentence tell you about whose point of view is used to tell this story?

• The parents are telling the story.

• It is told from the kid’s point of view.

• 
  The story is told from an outside narrator’s point of view.

• 
  The story is told from an outside narrator’s point of view.

In the first few paragraphs, how does the narrator of the story help the reader

understand the main character?

• by describing the way she looks

• by describing what she thinks

• The story is told from an outside narrator’s point of view.

• An adult is looking back on her childhood and telling the story.