Point of View and Perspective Review

Robert Jordan could walk well enough himself and he knew from following the old man that he could walk him to death. Robert Jordan trusted the man, Anselmo, so far, in everything except judgment. He had not yet had an opportunity to test his judgment, and, anyway, the judgment was his own responsibility.

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

She ran as fast as she could up the hill. Although she was hot and exhausted, she knew if she kept her pace, she would win the race. 

• 1st person POV

• 2nd person POV

• 3rd person POV

What point of view uses the word 
your?

• 1st person POV

• 2nd person POV

• 3rd person POV

What point of view uses the word 
we?

• 1st person POV

• 2nd person POV

• 3rd person POV

What point of view uses the word 
they?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

“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

Which point of view uses words like I, Mine, We, Our, Me, Us, and My?

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Objective

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

The narrator is aware of all a story's events and can see into the minds of all characters. Which point of view is this?

• 3rd Person Omniscient

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Objective

• 2nd Person

The __________ of the narrator is the perspective from which the story is told.

• Theme

• Dramatic Irony

• Point of View

• Textual Evidence

The narrator tells the story as if he or she is part of the story.

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person

• 3rd Person Limited