WHICH POV? When I was little, I thought every girl in the world looked just like me, because that’s how it is in the nurseries. The only female faces I saw that weren’t identical to mine belonged to our nannies, who all looked just like one another, and I believed that when I grew up my face would match theirs. The day I was promoted from Dahlia 3 to Dahlia 4, my class went to live in the primary dormitory and got to eat in the cafeteria with the other kids for the first time. My mind was blown.

Which POV? Samantha couldn’t believe how lucky she was. In just a few short minutes she was going to see her favorite band perform in concert for the first time! She looked around at all of the other giddy fans, waiting to enter the doors of the venue. One girl was already jumping up and down while screaming excitedly. A guy not too far from her was decked out in the band’s merchandise – he even had their faces on his high socks, she could see. Still, she thought, I know I’m the biggest super fan here!”

Which POV? Geoff and Eli are so dead! Did they really think I wouldn’t find out it was their idea to prank me by putting a fake spider under my covers just before bed? I left my cabin to go search for them, ready to give them a piece of my mind. I found them huddling behind a tree, cracking up. “You know how much I hate spiders!” I fumed. “It was his idea,” they said at the same time, pointing at each other. Either way, I had the rest of the summer to come up with a plan for revenge

Which POV? I witnessed the kidnapping of Betty Ann Mulvaney. Well, me and the twenty-three other people in first period Latin class at Clayton High School (student population 1,200). Unlike everybody else, however, I actually did something to try and stop it. Well, sort of. I went, “Kurt, what are you doing?” Kurt just rolled his eyes. He was all, “Relax, Jen. It’s a joke, okay?” (from Teen Idol by Meg Cabot)

Which POV? The man brings his legs over the front of the cot when the shake starts again. A longer, firmer shake, and another crash, this time closer. The man gets to his feet and walks slowly to the door. Silence. The boy sits up. “No,” the man whispers, and in that instant the blade of a sword, long and gleaming, made of a shining white metal that is not found on Earth, comes through the door and sinks deeply into the man’s chest. (from I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore)

Which POV? The narrow entryway was suddenly filled with a hulking shadow. The dark form entered the room quickly, moving soundlessly, looking for something. Finally, after shuffling through a stack of files on the desk, he grabbed a manila folder, and glanced through the papers inside. Seconds later, he closed his eyes briefly and uttered an almost imperceptible sigh. Then, without further hesitation, he left the same way he had come.

Which POV? Eragon knelt in a bed of trampled reed grass and scanned the tracks with a practiced eye. The prints told him that the deer had been in the meadow only a half hour before... His target, a small doe with a pronounced limp in her left forefoot, was still in the herd. He was amazed she had made it so far without a wolf or a bear catching her

Which POV? Josh’s alarm blared at precisely 6:56 am, waking him up. He was glad he had set his alarm for the last possible second – he could use all of the extra sleep he could get. “Joshua! Are you up yet? You have less than five minutes before you need to leave for school,” Mrs. Levine called up the stairs. She hated how close he always cut it. He was only a teenager, shouldn’t he still have tons of energy? She just didn’t understand. “Mom, I know,” Josh yelled, reluctantly pushing his covers off.

Which POV? It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. No. Wrong word, Jonas thought. Frightened meant that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen. Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice. (from The Giver by Lois Lowry).

Which craft move is the repetition of words for effect?

Which craft move is a SEVERE exaggeration?