Holstein Identifying Narrative Point of View

Which narrative point of view is the following passage? Use your notes to prove your answer.

"You already told me that story." said Shanice. She looked genuinely disappointed. I laughed awkwardly. "Sorry," I said. "I didn't mean to bore you with a rerun." I tried to laugh it off, but she just wouldn't let it go.
"Don't you even consider your listener before you tell a story? she inquired. This caught me off guard. I replied, " I'm just trying to keep you entertained, Shanice." I pleaded. She smacked me down with another sharp comment, "Yeah, well, you should try harder."

• First Person

• 2nd Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Which narrative point of view is the following passage? Use your notes to prove your answer.

Pete didn't feel like doing homework. He felt like playing baseball. He grabbed his mitt off the shelf and began to fantasize about being out in the field. His fantasy was interrupted shortly by the opening of his bedroom door. It was his mom she started to yell, "Pete, you're not failing basball class! You're failing math class! You need to study. Put the mitt away!" Pete put the mitt away, but he didn't know the first thing about studying math.

• First Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Which narrative point of view is the following passage? Use your notes to prove your answer.

Penny pedaled her bike as quickly as she could, but she couldn't seem to build up enough speed. She started rolling down the hill. "I can't do it," she thought to herself. Her friend Melissa was riding behind her. "Keep trying! Stand up on your pedals. You can do it!" Melissa shouted. Penny decided to take her advice. She stood up on the pedals and put all of her weight into the climb. She started going up the hill. This made Penny very happy. "Thanks Melissa!" she said as she got to the top of the hill. Melissa smiled and said, "What are friends for?"

• First Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Which narrative point of view is the following passage? Use your notes to prove your answer.

As you buckle your seatbelt, safety instructions are broadcast over the inflight system. A stewardess models the actions in sync with the broadcast. You turn to your right. An extremely rotund man is snoring. He looks like he is about to fall onto your shoulder. You look to your left. You see a man with a Mohawk who is listening to loud punk music. You can hear it as though you're the one wearing the headphones. You sigh and pull up your tray table as instructed.

• First Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Which narrative point of view is the following passage? Use your notes to prove your answer.

The sun was rising. Ivan saw the light piercing through the drawn curtains in his bedroom and knew that he would have to get up soon. He hadn't been sleeping for the last hour. He had been thinking about the future. He nudged his wife, Nadia. Nadia came to slowly. She smiled, still thinking about the pleasant dream that she had been having, until she looked at Ivan's face. She could tell that something was wrong.

• First Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Which narrative point of view is the following passage? Use your notes to prove your answer.

The green ooze dripped slowly down the steps. We didn't have a Geiger counter with us, but if we had, I bet that it would have been beeping. I noticed Chris moving toward the ooze and said, "Chris, don't!" but it was too late. Chris dipped the front part of his shoe in the ooze, and the ooze burned the sole off his shoe instantly. Then it melted his sock, and then it began to go to work on this foot. Vanessa began licking her lips. "I wonder what it tastes like," she said. I screamed, "No Vanessa! Don't!"

• First Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Which narrative point of view is the following passage? Use your notes to prove your answer.

Ashley and Kylie giggled. Neither of them knew what they had just found. They thought that they had discovered a cool looking rock. They had no idea that they were holding a real life dinosaur egg. This surprise would dawn on them later, when they brought the egg home. Ashley was using the egg as a paperweight, so she kept the egg under her desk lamp. But this egg would soon hatch, and Ashley and Kylie were about to have the adventure of a lifetime.

• First Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Which narrative point of view is the following passage? Use your notes to prove your answer.

The Radley Place fascinated Dill. In spite of our warnings and explanations, it drew him as the moon draws water, but drew him no nearer than the light-pole on the corner, a safe distance from the Radley gate. There he would stand, his arm around the fat pole, staring and wondering.

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• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Which narrative point of view is the following passage? Use your notes to prove your answer.

Cale looked across the yard. He didn't see anything concerning. He wondered why Mason had hollered like that. Mason turned to him. The ghost that Mason had just seen was gone. Mason swatted at the air. Now he felt crazy. "You have to believe me, Cale. It was just here," said Mason. Cale scowled at him in disbelief. "What was just here, Mason?" he asked. Cale was angry with Mason for disturbing his sleep for no apparent reason.

• First Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Which narrative point of view is the following passage? Use your notes to prove your answer.

As I stepped out on my front porch on the first day of spring break, I thought, "This is going to be a great day!"

• First Person

• 2nd Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient