Whose Point of View

The narrator is the

• person telling the story

• main character in the story

• enemy of the main character in the story

• person listening to the story

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

• The word "I" is used somewhere in the text

• the author is addressing the reader

• the narrator is not in the story

• The story is told from the perspective of one character in the text

What can be misleading when trying to determine the POV of a text?

• dialogue

• titles

• pronouns

What is the essential question when trying to determine the POV of a text?

• Who is telling the story?

• Whose thoughts do we know?

• Which pronouns are being used?

• Is the main character the narrator?

Which point of view is most likely to create a sense of closeness and personal connection with the narrator?

• First-person point of view

• Third-person limited point of view

• Third-person omniscient point of view

• Objective point of view

If a story is told from the perspective of a character within the story, which point of view is being used?

• First-person point of view

• Third-person limited point of view

• Third-person omniscient point of view

• Objective point of view

Which point of view would likely include dialogue tags like "he said" or "she said"?

• First-person point of view

• Third-person limited point of view

• Third-person omniscient point of view

• Objective point of view

In which point of view does the narrator have a limited perspective and can only share the thoughts and feelings of one character?

• First-person point of view

• Third-person limited point of view

• Third-person omniscient point of view

• Objective point of view

Which sentence is written in third person point of view?

• I brought my mother breakfast this morning.

• You always wear your seatbelt.

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

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

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

• first person 

• second person 

• third person