Point of View Practice

Match the definition with the term.

• Multiple Points of View

• A narrating technique where two or more characters narrate the story

• Narrator

• a point of view when a narrator has an "all knowing understanding of characters and events

• Omniscient Point of View

• A point of view that only provides the thoughts and feelings of one character

• Limited Point of View

• the character or voice telling the story

1st Person Point of View is_________

• when an outside narrator is telling the story

• when the narrator is talking to you (the reader)

• when a character in the story is telling the story -- we get the their thoughts, feelings, and opinions

• when the narrator only talks about themselves

3rd Person Point of View is_________

• when an outside narrator is telling the story

• when the narrator is talking to you (the reader)

• when a character in the story is telling the story -- we get the their thoughts, feelings, and opinions

• when the narrator only talks about themselves

Read the excerpt from chapter 9 of "Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry." From what point of view is the excerpt being told?

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person

Who is narrating the story?

• Papa

• An narrator outside the story

• Cassie

• Stacey

1. How does the point of view affect the reader's understanding of the characters' emotions and thoughts?

• 1. It provides a detailed insight into all characters' thoughts.

• 1. It switches between characters to show varying perspectives.

• We get an outside view of a few character's thoughts and feelings.

• We get the inward thoughts and feelings of of the narrator, Cassie, and view things through her eyes.

From what point of view is the poem being told?

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person

• There isn't a narrator since it's a poem.

Who is the speaker (narrator) of the poem?

• One of the boys

• The neighbors

• Both of the boys

• A narrator outside the poem

Is this a limited or omniscient point of view? How do you know?

• It's limited because we only get the thoughts and feelings of the neighbors.

• It's limited because we only get the thoughts and feelings of the boys.

• It's omniscient because we got the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.