Point of View Practice Worksheet

What is point of view?

• the time and place of a story

• the person who writes the story

• The narrator’s position or the perspective from which an author presents a story. (how the story is told)

• what the main character thinks

Authors choose a specific point of view for a reason.

• True

• False

Which type of POV narration uses the keywords "I, me, my..." to convey the story?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

Which type of POV narration uses the keywords "you and your" to convey the story?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

Which type of point of view narration uses the keywords "he, she, they..." to convey the story?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

The narrator is ...

• the person telling the story

• always the protagonist

• the person who wrote the story

• always a character in the story

Which of the following narrators is NEVER a character in the text?

• first person

• second person

• third person

Which of the following narrators can NEVER be a spectator (outside observer)?

• third person omniscient

• first person

• third person limited

• second person

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

• all

• one

• no

Third person limited point of view is when the narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of ______ character(s).

• no

• all

• multiple

• one or none