Point of View

The story is told from the narrator’s perspective. The story involves the narrator.

• 1st person POV

• 2nd person POV

• 3rd person POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Keywords: I, me, we, my, us

• 2nd person POV

• 1st person POV

• 3rd person POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The narrator describes the story, but is not in it. The narrator describes ONE character’s feelings and thoughts.

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

• 1st person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The narrator describes the story, but is not in it. The narrator describes ALL of the character's feelings and thoughts.

• 3rd person limited

• 2nd person

• 3rd person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Keywords: He, she, his, hers, they, their, name(s)

• 2nd person

• 1st person

• 3rd person limited/ 3rd person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read the example:

A woman sat in a hotel bar, watching the door. Her appearance was neat and tidy: white blouse, fair hair tucked behind her ears.

What POV is this example told in?

• 1st person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read the example:

Jessica stopped three paces from the chair, dropped a small curtsy, a gentle flick of left hand along the line of her skirt. Paul gave the short bow his dancing master had taught—the one used "when in doubt of another's station."

What POV is this example told in?

• 1st person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read the example:

My heart leaped into my throat as I turned and saw a frightening shadow.

What POV is this example told in?

• 1st person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read the example:

A week elapsed before she could see Elizabeth without scolding her, a month passed away before she could speak to Sir William or Lady Lucas without being rude, and many months were gone before she could at all forgive their daughter.

What POV is this example told in?

• 1st person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Read the example:

Jennifer gets up three hours early before work every morning. She uses two of those hours to get her first and third graders ready for the school bus.

What POV is this example told in?

• 1st person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6