Point of View and Perspective Review

Which point of view is the most common form used in literature and academic writing pieces?

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person Objective

• 3rd Person Limited

• 2nd Person

Which point of view uses words like you, your, and yours?

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

_________ occurs when a writer uses point of view to allow the reader to know crucial pieces of information that the characters do not know.

• Inference

• Point of View

• Dramatic Irony

• Theme

The narrator tells the story as if he or she is not part of the story and only knows some details of the story, like what the main character thinks.

• 3rd Person Omniscient

• 3rd Person Limited

• Second Person

• 3rd Person Objective

The narrator address the audience directly. This point of view is often used in nonfiction instructional texts and is rarely used in fiction texts.

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Objective

• 3rd Person Omniscient

The narrator tells the story as if he or she is not part of the story but knows everything about the story. This narrator knows what every character in the story thinks and feels.

• 3rd Person Omniscient

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Objective

• 1st Person

If you plan to go to the county fair, be sure to leave early to avoid the crowds.
Which is point of view is this an example of?

• 3rd Person Objective

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

"She was so excited to get to the county fair. She even woke up an hour early in anticipation."
Which point of view is this an example of?

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Objective

Which point of view would a recipe be an example of?

• 1st Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Objective

The narrator is only a spectator, there are no references to thoughts or feelings. Which point of view is this? 

• 3rd Person Objective

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

• 2nd Person