POV Basics

The science fair will be held in the gymnasium on May 2, and Ms. Garcia's students will be presenting first. From which point of view is the sentence written?

• first person

• second person

• third person

We laughed so hard that milk came out of our noses. From which point of view is the sentence written?

• first person

• second person

• third person

What is the purpose of point of view?

• to let the characters know what the reader can see or hear

• to express the character's thoughts and allow the reader to see and hear the story in different ways

• to let the reader know what the author knows about a story

• to express the author's thoughts and feelings and allow the reader to know what the character's know

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

“It all began when Ms. Frizzle showed our class a film strip about the human body.  We knew trouble was about to start, because we knew Ms. Frizzle was the strangest teacher in the school.” The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body, Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

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

• all

• one

• no

• more than three

What is special about third person limited?

• The thoughts of most characters are revealed

• The thoughts of all characters are revealed

• The thoughts of one character is not revealed

• The thoughts of one character is revealed

Which point of view do you see these signal words?
he, she, they, them, (character's names)

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Which point of view is the narrator "all - knowing" on the thoughts and feelings of more than two character?

• First person

• Third person limited

• Third person objective

• Third person omniscient

What point of view: 
John said he was going to the pumpkin patch with his family. 

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person