Point of View Passages

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

• I, me, we, etc.

• you, yours, etc.

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

Match the definition with the correct vocabulary word. When the narrator reports only facts and events as a neutral observer.

• Third Person Point of View

• Third Person Limited Point of View

• Third Person Omniscient Point of View

• Third Person Objective Point of View

The viewpoint/perspective of the narrator who is telling the story.

• Point of View (POV)

• First Person Point of View

• Second Person Point of View

• Third Person Point of View

When the narrator talks to the reader.

• Point of View (POV)

• First Person Point of View

• Second Person Point of View

• Third Person Point of View

When the narrator is not a part of the story.

• Point of View (POV)

• First Person Point of View

• Second Person Point of View

• Third Person Point of View

Match the definition with the correct vocabulary word.

When the narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of ONLY one character.

• Third Person Point of View

• Third Person Limited Point of View

• Third Person Omniscient Point of View

• Third Person Objective Point of View

Match the definition with the correct vocabulary word.

All Knowing! When the Narrator can tell the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters.

• Third Person Point of View

• Third Person Limited Point of View

• Third Person Omniscient Point of View

• Third Person Objective Point of View

The way things are seen or experienced from a certain viewpoint.

• Perspective

• Point of View (POV)

• First Person Point of View

• Second Person Point of View

The authors of “Klondike Gold Rush” and “A Woman Who Went to Alaska” and the narrator of the transcript from “City of Gold” are discussing the same topic but are using different points of view. How does each person’s point of view shape the reader’s understanding of the miners’ lives? Use details from each source to support your answer

• Research Simulation

• Narrative Writing

• Literary Analysis

You have read passages from the novels The Georges and the Jewels and Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse. Both were written in the first-person point of view. Write an essay in which you compare the way the authors use first-person point of view to develop the characters. Be sure to cite specific examples from both passages.

• Research Simulation

• Narrative Writing

• Literary Analysis