Perspective and Point of View

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The lens or person through which a story is told.

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Perspective

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

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Pronouns like I, my, and we are used.

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A type of narrative point of view where the author uses pronouns like ''your" and "you."

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Second Person POV

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Which point of view do you see these signal words?
he, she, they, them, (character's names)

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Third person

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Which point of view is the narrator "all-knowing" on the thoughts and feelings of more than two characters? Options: First person, Third person limited, Third person objective, Third person omniscient

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Third person omniscient

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Which point of view is when the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE character? Options: Second person, Third person objective, Third person limited, Third person omniscient

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Third person limited

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How does third person limited differ from third person omniscient?

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The point of view is fixed or limited to a particular POV, and the reader can infer what other people feel and think only from what the viewpoint character observes.

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Identify the narrative perspective in the quote: “What would you do if you could fly?" Mrs. V asks as she glances from the bird to me.
"Is that on the quiz?" I ask, grinning as I type.
"I think we've studied just about everything else." Mrs. V chuckles.
"I'd be scared to let go," I type.
"Afraid you'd fall?" she asks.
"No. Afraid it would feel so good, I'd just fly away.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind

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First Person

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The protagonist of The Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes is Sherlock Holmes, but the narrator is Watson. The story uses pronouns such as "I" and "we". This is an example of which POV?

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First person observer

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Identify the narrative perspective in the quote: “Sometimes you do have to laugh to keep from crying. And sometimes the world feels all right and good and kind of like it's becoming nice again around you. And you realize it, and realize how happy you are in it, and you just gotta laugh.” ― Jacqueline Woodson, Peace, Locomotion
Options: First Person, Second Person, Third Person Limited, Third Person Omniscient

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Second Person