POV 5 Types

What is the first-person point of view?

• A perspective where the narrator knows all characters' thoughts

• A perspective where the narrator uses 'I'

• A perspective where the narrator is an outsider

• A perspective where the narrator uses 'you'

Which point of view uses 'you' as the narrator?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

What does third person limited mean?

• The narrator tells the story from one character's perspective

• The narrator knows all characters' thoughts

• The narrator uses 'you' to address the reader

• The narrator is an outsider with no character knowledge

What is a characteristic of third person omniscient?

• The narrator uses 'I' to tell the story

• The narrator knows all characters' thoughts and feelings

• The narrator is an unbiased observer

• The narrator knows only one character's thoughts

In third person objective, what does the narrator not know?

• What the characters are doing

• What the plot is

• What the characters are thinking

• What the setting is

Question: Which pronoun is commonly used in a first-person point of view?

• He/She

• I

• You

• They

Question: What is the main difference between third-person limited and third-person omniscient points of view?

• Limited tells only one character’s thoughts; omniscient tells all characters’ thoughts.
  

• Limited uses “I”; omniscient uses “you.”
  

• Limited tells from an outsider; omniscient is first-person.

• Limited tells all character's thoughts; omniscient tells only one character's thoughts.

Question: Identify the point of view in this sentence:
"You walk into the room and notice a strange painting on the wall."

• First person
  

• Second person
  

• Third person limited
  

• Third person objective

Question: Which type of point of view gives the reader no access to the thoughts or feelings of characters?

• First person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

• Third person objective

Question: Which example best illustrates third-person limited?

• “I walked to the store and saw a cat.”

• “She couldn’t tell if the witness was lying.”

• “You open the door and find a surprise.”

• “The villagers gathered.”