Distinguish Point of View

“Do you love candy?”  I asked my friend Roxi.  I always make friends with other people.
     

• a)  First Person 
• b)  Second Person 
• c)  Third Person

Jessie had felt sad all day.  Jessie thought and thought about his situation and he thought to himself, I need to get myself together.  Maria came in the door and asked what was wrong.  He told her.  Maria frowned.  She felt as if she were being abandoned by everyone.            

• a)  First Person
• b)  Second Person 
• c)  Third Person

We are not as close as we once were, at least not since the thing happened.  We were sitting in science class when I decided to look at her notebook.  I noticed that she wasn’t taking notes.  

• a)  First Person    
• b)  Second Person    
• c)  Third Person

Some dark night Shelly said, “I hate squirrels,” but really she loved them.  Carol said, “They smell,” but really, she loved them too.  Both of them thought that squirrels were pretty cute.  

• a)  First Person    
• b)  Second Person    
• c)  Third Person

When I went to the store, I witnessed a girl crying on the street and I took a closer look and saw it was my friend.  I walked to where she was and asked her what was wrong.  She said, “family problems.”  Being a good friend, I told her to call me later if she wanted to talk about it.

• a)  First Person        
• b)  Second Person  
• c) Third Person

Emma thought and she thought: How can I make people notice me?  Then, Emma’s two twin nieces ran in the kitchen and asked Emma to make a batch of cookies for their class.  She did, and the next day at the bake sale, lots of children and parents were buying her cookies.   

•  a)  First Person      
•  b)  Second Person    
• c)  Third Person

Timmy Turner was rushing to get to school because he was going on a field trip.  Timmy felt so happy and excited that he was going on his first field trip of the year.  Timmy thought that everything was going to go good that day.      

• a)  First Person
•  b)  Second Person  
• c)  Third Person

“I don’t want to put my shoes on,” cried Timmy.  Timmy had been fussy ever since snack time.  He didn’t get a cheese stick because Michael ate the last one.  Then he didn’t get to sleep at all during nap time.  Now he was really worked up.  “I want to go home.  Get my mommy!”  

• a)  First Person    
• b)  Second Person      
• c)  Third Person

“You should just go somewhere.  You ruined our relationship, and I don’t want to talk to you anymore,” Bertha said to Mitchell as he begged her for forgiveness, “But, Bertha, you are the best girl in the world.  You make my dreams come true.”  Bertha ignored his pleas.      

• a)  First Person 
•  b)  Second Person    
•  c)  Third Person

What point of view talks about the characters by name, and uses pronouns like he, she, her, his, they?

• Second Person
• Third Person 
• First Person