Point of View

What is the role of a narrator in a poem or story?

• The person who writes the poem or story

• The person who illustrates the poem or story

• The person who is telling the poem or story

• The person who publishes the poem or story

Which of the following best describes narrative poetry?

• A poem that focuses solely on emotions and feelings

• A poem that tells a series of events using poetic devices

• A poem that does not use rhythm or rhyme

• A poem that is always very long and complex

What is point of view in a poem or story?

• The author's personal opinion about the story's events

• The perspective through which a poem or story is told

• The main conflict that drives the plot

• The setting where the story takes place

Which pronouns are typically used to indicate a first-person point of view?

• He, she, they

• You, your

• I, me, we

• It, its

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What is the key difference between a limited third-person narrator and an omniscient third-person narrator?

• A limited narrator is a character in the story, while an omniscient narrator is not.

• A limited narrator knows the thoughts of only one character, while an omniscient narrator knows the thoughts of all characters.

• A limited narrator uses "I" pronouns, while an omniscient narrator uses "he" or "she" pronouns.

• A limited narrator tells the story to "you," while an omniscient narrator tells the story about "he" or "she."

Which point of view directly addresses the reader using "you"?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

Read the following passage: "I actually feel kind of BAD that Nana has to keep an eye on me all the time. She worked hard all her life as a nurse, and the way I see it she should be relaxing, reading romance novels, not watching some middle-school kid doing his homework every night." What point of view is used in this passage?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

Consider the following passage: "I don't need to shove through the crowd. The other kids make way immediately allowing me a straight path to the stage. I reach her just as she is about to mount the steps. With one sweep of my arm, I push her behind me. 'I volunteer!' I gasp. 'I volunteer as tribute!'" What point of view is used in this passage?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient