Influences of Point of View

Which of the following is true when a text is written in third person limited point of view?

• A character is telling what all characters do/say and knows what all characters think/feel.

• A narrator is telling what all characters do/say and knows what all characters think/feel.

• A narrator is telling what all characters do/say and knows what some characters think/feel.

• A character is telling what all characters do/say and knows what some characters think/feel.

Which of the following is true when a text is written in third person omniscient point of view?

• A narrator is telling what all characters do/say and knows what all characters think/feel.

• A character is telling what all characters do/say and knows what all characters think/feel.

• A narrator is telling what all characters do/say and knows what some characters think/feel.

• A character is telling what all characters do/say and knows what some characters think/feel.

Which part of speech is most helpful in determining point of view in a text?

• irregular nouns

• common nouns

• pronouns

• proper nouns

Recognize this point of view from its use of your and you

• second person

• first person

• third person omniscient

• third person limited

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

• first person

• second person

• third person

"I can't believe you didn't see what he wrote on the board yesterday before the teacher erased it!" she yelled.

• first person

• second person

• third person

• fourth person

I can't believe you didn't see what he wrote on the board yesterday before the teacher erased it!

• first person

• second person

• third person

• fourth person

I can't believe they didn't see what he wrote on the board yesterday before the teacher erased it!

• first person

• second person

• third person

• fourth person

Key words within _______ should not be used to determine point of view.

• epilogue

• narration

• dialogue

• prologue

Which of the following narrators can never be a spectator?

• third person omniscient

• first person

• third person limited

• second person