Exploring Points of View in Literature: First Person Perspective

The video tutorial explores different narrative points of view, focusing on first person, second person, and third person perspectives. It explains how the point of view affects storytelling, using examples from literature like 'Gulliver's Travels' and 'Swiss Family Robinson' to illustrate first person singular and plural. The tutorial also includes a passage from 'Sherlock Holmes' to demonstrate first person singular. It concludes with review questions to reinforce understanding of first person point of view and associated pronouns.

Which point of view involves the narrator being a participant in the story?

• Objective

• Third person

• First person

• Omniscient

What pronouns are typically used in a first person singular narrative?

• You, your, yours

• He, she, they

• I, me, mine

• We, us, ours

In 'Gulliver's Travels', which point of view is used?

• First person plural

• Second person

• First person singular

• Third person

Which literary work is an example of first person plural point of view?

• Pride and Prejudice

• Gulliver's Travels

• Swiss Family Robinson

• The Final Problem

What is a key indicator of first person plural point of view?

• Use of 'you' and 'your'

• Use of 'we' and 'our'

• Use of 'he' and 'she'

• Use of 'I' and 'me'

In the passage from 'The Final Problem', which point of view is used?

• First person singular

• First person plural

• Second person

• Third person

Which pronouns are associated with first person plural point of view?

• You, your, yours

• We, us, ours

• He, she, they

• I, me, mine