Point of View and Perspective

Point of view is...

• the author's opinion
• who the narrator is
• the vantage point, or perspective of a story
• the reader's opinion or perspective

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.

What point of view is the following:
Cathy leaned into her computer screen with big eyes. She couldn't believe it- she had finally gotten a 100 on her math test! She knew her parents would be proud of her.

• First person
• Third person 

We go to the mountains every winter for vacation.

• 3rd person
• 1st person
• 2nd person

What point of view (POV) is this passage?

As I stepped onto the shiny porch of my new house, I thought to myself,"This is gonna be a good day."

• Second Person

• First Person

• Third Person

What is a key component of third person objective point of view?

• there are no opinions
• there are opinions
• the narrator is in the story
• the author is in the story

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

• first person

• second person

• third person

• any

She ran as fast as she could up the hill. Although she was hot and exhausted, she knew if she kept her pace, she would win the race.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

• any

What is this point of view?

“How many feelings can one heart hold?... Infinite, Luna thought. The way the universe is infinite. It is light and dark and endless motion; it is space and time, and space within space, and time within time. And she knew: there is no limit to what the heart can carry.”

• first person

• third person

• second person

• does not have a point of view

What kind of pronouns are used for third person point of view?

• I, me, we

• you, yours

• us, my

• he, she, it