POV Basics

What is a Point of View (POV)?

• A type of music

• A viewpoint in which the story is told

• What a certain person sees

• The view that you see

What is a 3rd person POV?

• 3 people's point of views

• A character not in the story's POV

• An art

• One person's POV

Which pronouns does first person use?

• They, Them

• He, Her

• They don't use pronouns

• My, I, Mine, Our, We

Third person omniscient point of view is when the narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of ______ characters.

• all
• one
• no
• more than three

A personal narrative is written in ______ person point of view.

• first
• second
• third
• any

Identify the point of view: "Cold chills scurried up and down my back and I shivered as the steep roller coaster clambered up."

• First Person
• Second Person
• Third Person Limited
• Third Person Omniscient

What is first person point of view?

• The story is from the perspective of the reader or “you”.

• The first person to point at the view

• A character within the story tells their own experience of thoughts.

• The story is told from the view of someone watching from outside of the story.

What is the point of view: I love pizza. It is my favorite food!

• First person POV

• Second person POV

• Third person POV

• Fourth person POV

Emma has three new babies kittens, and she loves them a lot. Lola is so excited to meet Emma's baby kittens tonight.

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

• First Person

• Second Person

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