Identifying Authors' Point of View

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

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

How can you know that something is written in FIRST person point of view?

• the narrator is not in the story

• the author is addressing the reader

• pronouns like I, my and we are used

If you see words like: he, she, they; then the author used...

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

You should be proud of yourselves for finishing this enormous project!

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Which of the following is an example of an author's perspective?

• A historical account of World War II

• A personal narrative about growing up in New York City

• A recipe for chocolate chip cookies

• An instruction manual for a smartphone

I think I lost my wallet! I can’t find it anywhere! Oh, I could just kick myself!

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold.

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

You should be sure to use the right exit when you leave the building. From which point of view is this sentence written?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Didn't like creeping down the dark alley. From which point of view is this sentence written?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Which sentence is written in third person point of view?

• I brought my mother breakfast this morning.

• We didn't mean to hurt Billy's feelings!

• You always wear your seatbelt.

• Cynthia and her brother walked home from school this afternoon.