Narrator's point of view

What prompts the narrator to show Doodle the coffin?

• The narrator thinks that Doodle will find it amusing.

• He intends to shut Doodle up inside the coffin as a joke.

• He has a cruel streak that surfaces occasionally.

• He wants to impress on Doodle how surprised they all were that Doodle survived.

Second person is:

• me

• you

• he

• she

What pronouns does 2nd person POV use?

• You Your

• He, she, they

• I, me, we

What is 3rd Person Limited POV?

• The POV that uses a narrator with access to only one character's perspective, a limited perspective.

• The writer addresses the reader using the pronoun "you".

• A perspective that is often compared to a god's-eye view because the narrative voice is able to show anything it wants the reader to see.

• Point of view.

The narrator is the

• person telling the story
• main character in the story
• enemy of the main character in the story
• person listening to the story

We go to the mountains every winter for vacation.

• 3rd person objective
• 1st person
• 3rd person limited
• 2nd person

What point of view is this passage told in?

The next morning, Mr. Sir marched the boys to another section of the lake, and each boy dug his own hole, five feet deep and five feet wide. Stanley was glad to be away from the big hole. At least now he knew just how much he had to dig for the day. And it was a relief not to have other shovels swinging past his face, or the Warden hanging around.

_{from Holes by Louis Sachar}

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient

• Third-person objective

How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?

• Pronouns like I, my, and him are used.
• The author is addressing the reader.
• The narrator is not in the story.
• Pronouns like I, my, and we are used.

how can you find 2nd person pov?

• Identify the pronouns 'you', 'your', 'yours', etc. in the text.
• Look for the pronouns 'I', 'me', 'my', etc.
• Count the number of adjectives in the text
• Check for the use of past tense verbs

The sound of traffic filled the street. I pressed the doorbell again. I wondered if the button worked. Could the person inside hear the sound of the buzzer over the traffic noises? Were they even home? I decided that it didn't matter. I checked the address off my list and proceeded to the next house. Somebody was going to order cookies from me today. Somebody.

• first-person

• second-person

• third-person objective

• third-person limited

• third-person omniscient