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Perspective and Point of View

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name

Class

Date

The lens or person through which a story is told.

Tone

Perspective

Point of view

Mood

How do you know that something is written in first person point of view?

Pronouns like I, my, and him are used.

The author is addressing the reader.

The narrator is not in the story.

Pronouns like I, my, and we are used.

A type of narrative point of view where the author uses pronouns like ''your" and "you."

Second Person POV

Third Person POV

First Person POV

Which point of view do you see these signal words?
he, she, they, them, (character's names)

First person

Second person

Third person

Which point of view is the narrator "all - knowing" on the thoughts and feelings of more than two character?

First person

Third person limited

Third person objective

Third person omniscient

Which point of view is when the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE character?

Second person

Third person objective

Third person limited

Third person omniscient

Third person limited differs from third person omniscient:

because the point of view is fixed or limited to a particular POV

because the reader can infer what other people feel and think only from what the viewpoint character observes

A and B

A only

“What would you do if you could fly?" Mrs. V asks as she glances from the bird to me.
"Is that on the quiz?" I ask, grinning as I type.
"I think we've studied just about everything else." Mrs. V chuckles.
"I'd be scared to let go," I type.
"Afraid you'd fall?" she asks.
"No. Afraid it would feel so good, I'd just fly away.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind

First Person

Second Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

The protagonist (main character) of The Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes is none other than Sherlock Holmes, but the narrator is his best friend, Watson. While Watson isn't the protagonist, the story still uses pronouns such as "I" and "we". This is an example of which POV?

First person participant

Third person limited

First person observer

Third person objective

10.

“Sometimes you do have to laugh to keep from crying. And sometimes the world feels all right and good and kind of like it's becoming nice again around you. And you realize it, and realize how happy you are in it, and you just gotta laugh. ”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Peace, Locomotion

First Person

Second Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

11.

“He did not go much further, but sat down on the cold floor and gave himself up to complete miserableness, for a long while. He thought of himself frying bacon and eggs in his own kitchen at home - for he could feel inside that it was high time for some meal or other; but that only made him miserabler.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit

First Person

Second Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

12.

How do you know which specific point of view the previous text is written in?

The narrator uses the pronouns "he".

The narrator focuses on the actions of one character.

The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters.

The narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of one character.

13.

The girl stopped and looked as if she might pull back in surprise, but instead stood regarding Montag with eyes so dark and shining that he felt he had said something quite wonderful. But he knew his mouth had only moved to say hello. "Do you mind if I ask? How long've you worked at being a fireman?" the girl asked. "Since I was twenty, ten years ago," said Montag. They walked farther and the girl said, "Is it true that long ago firemen put fires out instead of going to start them?" "No," Montag replied, "houses have always been fireproof, take my word for it," but the girl knew this was not true. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

First Person

Second Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

14.

“Ozma took the arm of her hostess, but Dorothy lagged behind. When at last she rejoined Glinda and Ozma in the hall, she found them talking earnestly about the condition of the people, and how to make them more happy and contented– although they were already the happiest and most contented folks in all the world. This interested Ozma, of course, but it didn’t interest Dorothy very much, so the little girl ran over to the big table on which was lying open Glinda’s Great Book of Records.” Ozma of Oz by Frank L. Baum

First Person

Second Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

15.

How do you know which specific point of view the previous text is written in?

The narrator uses the pronouns "she" as well as the character's names.

The narrator focuses on the actions of one character.

The narrator shares the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters as well as their actions.

The narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of one character.

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Perspective and Point of View

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 21mins

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