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Point of View

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Identify the point of view: Once you have the cake in the oven, start to make the whipped cream frosting. Combine whipping cream, powdered sugar, and food color in a small mixer bowl. Make sure you add just a small amount of food color.

First Person

Second Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

Identify the point of view: I walked towards the bus stop, hoping to not see Maria. She told everyone my biggest secret and I was never going to forgive her, no matter how hard she tried to cheer me up.

First Person

Second Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

Identify the point of view of the excerpt from A Retrieved Reformation: "Annabel," said Jimmy, "give me that rose you are wearing, will you?" Hardly believing that she had heard him right, she unpinned the flower from her dress and placed it in his hand.

First Person

Second Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

Identify the point of view: Amy sprinted as fast as she could with her neighbor’s dog running right behind her. Amy was terrified of him, and thought that he would bite her. In reality, the dog just wanted to play, and thought of Amy as a friend.

First Person

Second Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

Identify the point of view: Make sure to wash your hands before forming the batter into different shapes. Germs can spread easily, especially when cooking, and it is important to stay clean and healthy.

First Person

Second Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

Identify the point of view of the excerpt from The Hunger Games: A pain stabs my left temple and I press my hand against it. Right on the spot where Johanna Mason hit me with the coil of wire. The memories swirl as I try to sort out what is true and what is false.

First Person

Second Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

Identify the point of view of the excerpt from Seventh Grade: As Teresa walked down the hall, Victor walked the other way, looking back, admiring how gracefully she walked, one foot in front of the other. So much for being in the same class, he thought.

First Person

Second Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

Jonas went to his own desk and began to sort through his school papers for the evening's assignment. But his mind was still on December and the coming Ceremony. Though he had been reassured by the talk with his parents, he hadn't the slightest idea what Assignment the Elders would be selecting for his future, or how he might feel about it when the day came.
^{From Lois Lowry, The Giver. Copyright 1993 by Lois Lowry}

First Person

Second Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

The bus picks up students in groups of four or five. As they walk down the aisle, people who were my middle-school lab partners or gym buddies glare at me. I close my eyes. This is what I've been dreading. As we leave the last stop, I am the only person sitting alone.
^{From Laurie Halse Anderson, Speak. Copyright 1999 by Laurie Halse Anderson}

First Person

Second Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

10.

"We've got Father and Mother and one another," said Beth. Beth was the shy one. She always looked on the bright side of things. "We haven't got Father," said Jo sadly. "And we might not have him for a very long time." The girls were suddenly silent. Light from the fire shone on their faces. They were thinking of Father. He was fighting in a war far away. He wouldn't be home for Christmas.
_{From Louisa May Alcott, Little Women}

First Person

Second Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

11.

The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as best as I could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge. (Edgar Allan Poe, "The Cask of Amontillado")

First Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

Second Person

12.

No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be a heroine.

(Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey)

First Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

Second Person

13.

He was a skinny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who had the pinched, slightly unhealthy look of someone who has grown a lot in a short space of time.

(J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix )

First Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

Second Person

14.

You first notice him in Starbucks at 10 p.m. on a cold Christmas Eve. It’s the day you turn forty. He is standing at the counter, talking on his cell phone while he digs in the right-hand pocket of his jeans for change. You’re watching him from the dark booth beside the piano, taking slow sips from your peppermint latte.

First Person

Third Person Limited

Third Person Omniscient

Second Person

15.

In which POV do you see" I, me, and my" used to convey the story?

1st person

2nd person

3rd person objective

3rd person omniscient

16.

In which POV do you see "you and your" used to convey the story?

1st person

2nd person

3rd person limited

3rd person objective

17.

In 3rd person limited, you get to know the thoughts and feelings of...

1 character

none of the characters

2 characters

all of the characters

18.

In 3rd person omniscient, you get to know the thoughts and feelings of...

none of the characters

1 character

2 characters

all of the characters

19.

"omniscient" means

"address directly"

"observer"

"the one and only"

"all knowing"

20.

The narrator is the______.

person telling the text

main character in the story

enemy of the main character in the text

person listening to the text

100 %

Point of View

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

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