Multiple Points of View

What is the POV? "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the guy who’ll decide where to go."       —From "Oh, the Places You’ll Go!" by Dr. Seuss

• Third Person POV

• First Person POV

• Second Person POV

• Third Person Objective POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The narrator is outside the story and uses pronouns like he, she, and they

• First Person POV

• Second Person POV

• Third Person POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the POV? "There is no way I am going to lose this race. I know I can beat every other runner here!"

• First Person POV

• Second Person POV

• Third Person POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is the POV? "Mia and Destiny climbed onto the bus, excited for the game. Destiny was feeling confident after the last game, while Mia hoped all her practice would pay off."

• Third Person Limited POV

• Third Person Omniscient POV

• Third Person Objective POV

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which sentence is written in second person point of view?

• Erin did not want to go to the grocery store.
  

• You did not want to go to the grocery store.
  

• Mariah did not want to go to the grocery store.
  

• I did not want to go to the grocery store.
  

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

A ________ narrator can see and describe every character's thoughts.

• first person

• second person

• third person, limited

• third person, omniscient
  

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

In which point of view does the narrator describe "you" and "your" actions?

• first person
  

• second person

• third person, limited
  

• third person, omniscient
  

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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
  

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

• first person
  

• second person

• third person, omniscient

• third person, objective
  

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

We laughed so hard that milk came out of our noses. From which point of view is the sentence written?

• third person, omniscient
  

• third person, objective
  

• first person
  

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6