Exploring Third Person Points of View

What are the three types of third person point of view?

• First person, second person, third person

• Third person objective, third person limited, third person omniscient

• Third person subjective, third person objective, third person omniscient

• First person, third person limited, third person omniscient

Which pronouns are commonly used in third person point of view?

• He, she, it, they

• You, your

• Me, us

• I, my, we, our

How does third person objective point of view differ from third person limited?

• Objective and limited both know all characters' thoughts

• Objective knows one character's thoughts, limited knows all characters' thoughts

• Objective knows no characters' thoughts, limited knows one character's thoughts

• Objective knows all characters' thoughts, limited knows none

In third person omniscient point of view, the narrator knows:

• All characters' thoughts and feelings

• No characters' thoughts

• Only the protagonist's thoughts

• Only the main character's thoughts

Which type of third person point of view is used when the narrator knows the thoughts of only one character?

• Third person objective

• Third person limited

• First person

• Third person omniscient

In the Harry Potter excerpt, what type of point of view is used?

• Third person limited

• Second person

• First person

• Third person omniscient

How do we know the point of view in the Harry Potter excerpt is third person omniscient?

• The narrator knows the thoughts of all characters

• The narrator is part of the story

• The narrator uses first person pronouns

• The narrator uses second person pronouns

In the Magic Treehouse excerpt, which character's thoughts does the narrator know?

• Annie

• Basho

• All characters

• Jack

What type of point of view is used in the Hoot excerpt?

• Third person omniscient

• First person

• Third person limited

• Second person

In the Two Bad Ants excerpt, how do we know the point of view is third person omniscient?

• The narrator is part of the story

• The narrator knows no characters' thoughts

• The narrator knows the thoughts of the queen ant and other ants

• The narrator uses first person pronouns