Point of View

What is the meaning of point of view?

• Point of view describes when and where a story takes place.

• Point of view describes the conflict in the story.

• Point of view is the perspective from which the story is told or who is telling the story

• Point of view describes the turning point of the story.

Perspective can be defined as...

• how the story is told

• why the story is told

• who tells the story

• where the story is told

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 

"Spring Break is a fun time of year. We gather with our family and eat delicious food. It is usually warm and my cousins and I play tag and swim! I look forward to it every year!"

What is the author's point of view?

• positive feeling about spring break

• negative feeling about spring break

• has no opinion about spring break

• doesn't care about spring break

"Some people are afraid of bees, but without these helpful insects, we would not have many of our favorite flowers and fruits. Bees come to the plant to drink the nectar, and pollen on the plant sticks to the bee's feet. Bees leave some of the pollen on the next plant that they land on. This helps to make new plants."

What is the author's viewpoint about bees?

• The author views bees as pests.

• The author views bees as helpful.

• The author has a negative view of bees.

• The author feels neutral about bees.

The author is...

• a character in the story

• the listener

• the person who wrote the story

Sometimes an author will write to persuade you. What does persuade mean?

• to make people not like something

• to make people believe the way you do

• to scare someone

• to make someone happy

What does the word perspective mean?

• someone's point of view

• what character is speaking

• how many parts there are in a play

Some stories WILL switch the point of view.

• True

• False

What is the tool that helps separate dialogue from the rest of the writing in a book?

• Quotation Marks

• Captal Letters

• Periods

• Question Marks