Point of View Passages

"I can't believe you didn't see what he wrote on the board yesterday before the teacher erased it!" she yelled.

• first person

• second person

• third person

• fourth person

Which of the following narrators can never be a spectator?

• third person omniscient

• first person

• third person limited

• second person

Which of the following narrators can be either a character or spectator?

• third person omniscient

• first person

• third person limited

• second person

Which of the following is true when a text is written from a first person point of view?

• A character is telling what characters do/say and knows what all characters think/feel.

• A narrator is telling what characters do/say and knows what all characters think/feel.

• A narrator is telling what characters do/say and only knows their own thoughts and feelings.

• A character is telling what characters do/say and only knows their own thoughts and feelings.

Which of the following statements is true about point of view?

• Third person limited narrators are all knowing.

• Omniscient narrators know only their own thoughts.

• First person narrators have conversation with you.

• Second person narrators can be a character or a spectator

Because this point of view shows readers more than _________/The narrator is ___________

• what they knew/all knowing

• what they do/all knowing

• just a clue/all showing

• they see through/on going

"A first person narrator ________/ From characters' point of view ___________"

• is always just a spectator/"I, we, me, us" will be used

• is always just a spectator/"she, he, it, they" will be used

• is never just a spectator/"I, we, me, us" will be used

• is never just a spectator/"you, your, yourselves" will be used

Frankie watched AJ stare blankly into the distance, wondering what his brother was thinking about. AJ's face gave nothing away. Frankie hoped his brother would open up later than night because now, he was worried. How does point of view influence the meaning of the excerpt above?

• Being written in third person omniscient allows the narrator to know the thoughts and feelings of all characters.

• Being written in second person allows the narrator to speak directly to the readers.

• Being written in third person limited allows the narrator to know the thoughts and feelings of one character

• Being written in first person allows the narrator to tell what all characters do and say.

Which pronouns are generally used by the narrator in Third Person Point of View passages?

• I, me, we, etc.

• you, yours, etc.

• he, she, they, or characters names, etc.

When a story is told from the perspective of one of the characters.

• Point of View (POV)

• First Person Point of View

• Second Person Point of View

• Third Person Point of View