First Person vs Third Person

Which sentence best helps the reader understand that the story is told from the first-person point of view?

• 
  He looked down at the counter again.

• Winn-Dixie wagged his tail just a little tiny bit.

• 
  He shook his head.

• I decided to explain my situation to the man behind the counter.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which pronouns do we use for a first-person point of view?

• I / me / my / you / us

• We / my / She / They / Her

• Them / It / Its / We / Him

• I / me / my / we / us

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

What is true about the first-person point of view?

• The narrator knows everything about the story

• The readers access the story through different character's eyes

• It expresses feelings, ideas, and reasons for just one character

• Shows us feelings of many characters

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

I told my friend that I would be at the party.

• first person

• third person

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

My shoelace came untied when I walked to my classroom.

• first person

• third person

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

The person telling the story is a character in the story.

• third-person

• first-person

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

She had pizza for lunch.

• first person

• third person

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

He ran to the kitchen to get a snack.

• first-person

• third-person

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1D

CCSS.L.3.1A

The person telling the story is not in the story.

• first-person

• third-person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

A key word that tells you the story is in first-person

• She

• Me

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6