Point of View Mini Lesson

What is point of view?

• The position from which the story is told

• When the narrator is in the story

• When the narrator is in not in the story

• A story with no perspective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

In what point of view does a character within the story retell the story from their own perspective?

• Second Person

• First Person

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Limited

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

In what point of view is the story written using the pronoun “you?”

• Third Person Omniscient

• First Person

• Third Person Limited

• Second Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

In what point of view does the narrator remain a detailed observer, telling only the stories action and dialogue and not knowing the thoughts or feelings of any characters?

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Limited

• Second Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

In what point of view does the narrator reveal only one character’s emotions ?

• Second Person

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Limited

• First Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

In what point of view does the narrator have unlimited knowledge and can describe every character’s thoughts and interpret their behaviors?

• Second Person

• First Person

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Directions and instructions are usually narrated from which point of view?

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

In what point of view does the narrator use pronouns such as 'I' and 'me?'

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Identify the point of view: Mark got in the car and turned on the engine as his cellphone rang. "I'm on my way right now," he said to Mary. 

• Third Person Limited
• Second Person
• Third person objective
• First Person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Identify the point of view of the excerpt from The Hunger Games: A pain stabs my left temple and I press my hand against it. Right on the spot where Johanna Mason hit me with the coil of wire. The memories swirl as I try to sort out what is true and what is false.

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6