Perspective or Point of View

How do 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.

How do you know which specific point of view the previous text is written in?

• The narrator uses the pronouns "he".

• The narrator focuses on the actions of one character.

• The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters.

• The narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of one character.

A type of narrative point of view where the author uses pronouns like ''your" and "you."

• Second Person POV

• Third Person POV

• First Person POV

Third person limited differs from third person omniscient:

• because the point of view is fixed or limited to a particular POV

• because the reader can infer what other people feel and think only from what the viewpoint character observes

• A and B

• A only

“What would you do if you could fly?" Mrs. V asks as she glances from the bird to me.
"Is that on the quiz?" I ask, grinning as I type.
"I think we've studied just about everything else." Mrs. V chuckles.
"I'd be scared to let go," I type.
"Afraid you'd fall?" she asks.
"No. Afraid it would feel so good, I'd just fly away.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

The girl stopped and looked as if she might pull back in surprise, but instead stood regarding Montag with eyes so dark and shining that he felt he had said something quite wonderful.  But he knew his mouth had only moved to say hello.  "Do you mind if I ask? How long've you worked at being a fireman?" the girl asked.  "Since I was twenty, ten years ago," said Montag. They walked farther and the girl said, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?" "No," Montag replied, "houses have always been fireproof, take my word for it," but the girl knew this was not true. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Ozma took the arm of her hostess, but Dorothy lagged behind. When at last she rejoined Glinda and Ozma in the hall, she found them talking earnestly about the condition of the people, and how to make them more happy and contented– although they were already the happiest and most contented folks in all the world. This interested Ozma, of course, but it didn’t interest Dorothy very much, so the little girl ran over to the big table on which was lying open Glinda’s Great Book of Records.

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Point of view can be defined as...

• who tells the story

• how the story is told

• why the story is told

• when the story is told

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

Which point of view is when the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE character?

• Second person

• Third person objective

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient