WorksheetsDeveloping (create and build up) Point of View
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 1hrs 5mins
What is the key word in the sentences that indicates (tells you) it is written in the third-person point of view?
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"This was completely gone and his stomach had caved in to the hunger and the sun had cooked him past burning so he was tanning..."
had
was
his/him
burning
What is the key word in the sentences that indicates (tells you) it is written in the third-person point of view?
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"Stupid, he thought once more, cursing himself-just dumb."
thought
himself
dumb
just
The author uses Brian's _________ to develop the third-person point of view in the following sentence:
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"What if the tail settled back to the bottom and he got caught and couldn't get out? It was a horrible thought. But then he reconsidered."
thoughts
emotions
Perceptions
actions
The author uses Brian's _________ to develop the third-person point of view in the following sentences:
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"Squirrels were everywhere, small red ones that chattered at him and seemed to swear and jumped from limb to limb. There were also many rabbits--large, gray ones with a mix of reddish fur, smaller fast gray ones that he saw only at dawn."
thoughts
emotions
perceptions
actions
The author uses Brian's _________ to develop the third-person point of view in the following sentence:
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"He reached to his belt and pulled the hatchet out, picked a place where the aluminum gave to his push and took an experimental swing at it."
thoughts
emotions
perceptions
actions
The author uses Brian's _________ to develop the third-person point of view in the following sentence:
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"Like a store, he thought, just like a store, and he could not remember later how many he ate that day but he thought it must have been over twenty."
thoughts
emotions
perceptions
actions
The author uses Brian's _________ to develop the third-person point of view in the following sentences:
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"He looked up the lake shore, to the north. For a good distance, perhaps two hundred yards, it was fairly clear. There were tall pines, the kind with no limbs until very close to the top, with a gentle breeze..."
thoughts
emotions
perceptions
actions
The author uses Brian's _________ to develop the third-person point of view in the following sentences:
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"The very core of him, the very center of Brian Robeson was stopped and stricken with a white-flash of horror, a terror so. intense that his breathing, his thinking, and nearly his heart had stopped."
thoughts
emotions
perceptions
actions
The author use perceptions (see, hear, taste, touch, smell) to develop the third-person point of view in this sentence(s):
He went back to the hole in the fuselage and began to chop and cut again, peeling the aluminum skin off in pieces.
Stupid, he thought. I was stupid to think I could just come out here and get inside the plane. Nothing is that easy. Not out here, not in this place. Nothing is easy.
...the hair on her back went up and she charged him again, using her head and I front hooves this time, slamming him back and down into the water...
He had taken the scraps back to the water with the thought they might work for bait, and the other fish came by the hundreds to clean them up.
The author use thoughts to develop the third-person point of view in this sentence:
He went back to the hole in the fuselage and began to chop and cut again, peeling the aluminum skin off in pieces.
Stupid, he thought. I was stupid to think I could just come out here and get inside the plane. Nothing is that easy. Not out here, not in this place. Nothing is easy.
...the hair on her back went up and she charged him again, using her head and I front hooves this time, slamming him back and down into the water...
He had taken the scraps back to the water with the thought they might work for bait, and the other fish came by the hundreds to clean them up.
Think and Write: How does Gary Paulson (author of Hatchet) develop the point of view in Hatchet? Write the point of view (first, second, or third person) and how explain how he develops it (choose one: thought, dialouge, emotions, actions, or perceptions).
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Please answer in complete sentences. Write at least three sentences (three sentences or more).
