Point of View in Literature

"As I grazed in the field, I realized that there were not any other animals around. I had a weird feeling that something was wrong. The other animals that are usually making noises are all silent. I see a shadow up in a tree. I think that is is unsafe here, so I am going to run away."

• 1st POV

• 2nd POV

• 3rd POV

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Which words in this excerpt from Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre show that it is written in the first-person point of view?

• Ladies, Eliza

• She, her

• 
  I, me, my

• You are, you can

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The passage uses the ​ (a)  _____________

point of view. This point of view is shown through the use of ​ (b) _____________   pronouns and the fact that the narrator describes the thoughts of only one character.

*You should have two answers

• 
  third-person limited

• first-person

• 
  third-person

• third-person omniscient

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Read the following excerpt from Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find.” This short story is about a family that includes an old woman, her son, Bailey, and the son’s wife and children. What is the point of view of the excerpt?

• 
  first-person

• 
  third-person limited

• third-person omniscient

• second-person

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Third person omniscient point of view is when the author reveals the thoughts and feelings of

• More than one character

• Only one character

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Third person limited is when the author reveals the thoughts and feelings of

• 
  nobody

• more than one character are revealed

• the author

• one character are revealed 

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Third person point of view is when the narrator is talking about

• The speaker

• Nobody

• Themselves

• Someone else

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In which POV do you see "you and your" used to convey the story?

• 3rd person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 2nd person

• 1st persom

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In 3rd person omniscient, you get to know the thoughts and feelings of...

• 
  none of the characters

• 
  2 characters

• 1 character

• all of the characters

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In which POV is this written?

You are walking through a forest and you see a bear. What should you do? You can't just run; the bear will chase you.

• 3rd person limited

• 2nd person

• 3rd person omniscient

• 1st person

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