POV and Perspective

When he was 12 years old, Tom loved nothing better than to build models. Models of planes or ships were the most challenging to build. One summer, the young boy spent every evening working on his model of the Star Ship Enterprise, from the original Star Trek TV series. Instead of playing with his friends, Tom sat at his desk, carefully gluing the tiny plastic pieces in place. When the model was done and mounted on a platform, that starship was perfect. The model even had engine lights that worked! Tom felt so proud. To him, there was nothing like building something with his own two hands. This story is told from which point of view?

• The story shifts from first to third person

• Third person point of view

• The story shifts from third to first person

• First person point of view

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CCSS.RL.1.6

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When he was 12 years old, Tom loved nothing better than to build models. Models of planes or ships were the most challenging to build. One summer, the young boy spent every evening working on his model of the Star Ship Enterprise, from the original Star Trek TV series. Instead of playing with his friends, Tom sat at his desk, carefully gluing the tiny plastic pieces in place. When the model was done and mounted on a platform, that starship was perfect. The model even had engine lights that worked! Tom felt so proud. To him, there was nothing like building something with his own two hands. Which of these sentences from the passage helps the reader identify the point of view?

• To him, there was nothing like building something with his own two hands.

• When the model was done and mounted on a platform, that starship was perfect.

• Models of planes or ships were the most challenging to build

• The model even had engine lights that worked!

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which word in the sentence below indicates the first person point of view?

While I struggled to get her inside, she accidentally bumped her head on the doorframe of the stable.

• she

• her

• I

• on

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CCSS.RL.1.6

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CCSS.RL.8.6

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

• Second Person POV

• Third Person POV

• First Person POV

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

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CCSS.RL.8.6

A _________ narrator can see and describe every character's thought.

• first person

• second person

• third person, limited 

• third person, omniscient

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is perspective?

• How you see the world

• Cats

• Looking at other people

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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CCSS.RL.8.6

Perspective can be defined as...

• how the story is told

• why the story is told

• who tells the story

• where the story is told

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CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

As I grazed in the field, I realized that there were not any other animals around. I had a weird feeling that something was wrong. The other animals that are usually making noises are all silent. The rustling from my hooves are the only sound. I see a shadow up in a tree. I feel afraid and uneasy. I think that is is unsafe here, so I am going to run away.

From what/whose perspective is the passage written?

• A hunter

• An animal looking for friends

• An animal being hunted

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

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What is the advantage to first person point of view?

• You learn the thoughts and feeling about muliple characters.

• You learn about the narrator deeply because we get an insight into their perspective.

• There isn't an advantage. We don't get any new information.

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Last night, I had trouble falling asleep. After rolling around in the bed for over an hour, I finally gave up and went to the kitchen. A glass of warm milk should do the trick. I almost jumped when I saw the refrigerator in the darkness. The light from the street poured through the window. It cast a scary shadow on the refrigerator. A movement in the darkness caught my eye. Was there someone in the kitchen with me? Which of these sentences from the passage helps the reader identify which point of view it is being told from?

• A movement in the darkness caught my eye.

• The light from the street poured through the window.

• It cast a scary shadow on the refrigerator.

• A glass of warm milk should do the trick.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6