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POV and Characterization

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This point of view uses words like (I, myself, me).

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Third Person Omniscient

2.

This Point of View sees all and knows all.

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Third Person Omniscient

3.

This Mario player is what POV?

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Third Person Omniscient

4.

This Mario player is what POV?

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Third Person Omniscient

5.

Third Person Point of View Limited means that the perspective of the story is .....

a)

Not limited

b)

Limited to the one character

c)

Is the authors view

6.

Third Person Point of View Omniscient means that the perspective of the story is .....

a)

Not limited

b)

Limited to the one character

c)

Is the authors view

7.

Read the passage and decide POV. Ender new Peter would not leave him alone, he could see it in his eyes.

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Third Person Omniscient.

8.

Read the passage and decide POV. The dew on the grass made my running shoes damp. It didn't bother me. The sound of my feet hitting the street formed a rhythm, a steady pattern of light thumps. I timed my breathing with the rhythm. These sounds filled my head.

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Third Person Omniscient.

9.

Read the passage and decide POV. Red looked across the prairie. He didn't see anything concerning. He wondered why Texas Joe had hollered like that. Texas Joe turned to him. The ghost that Texas Joe had just seen was gone. Texas Joe swatted at the air. Now he felt crazy. "You have to believe me, Red. It was just here," said Texas Joe. Red scowled at him in disbelief. "What was just here, Joe?" he asked. Red was angry with Texas Joe for disturbing his sleep for no apparent reason.

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Third Person Omniscient.

10.

Read the passage and decide POV. Jeremiah squinted from the sun. He was thinking about the game. They could have won. He could have won the game for them. All he needed to do was catch the ball, but he didn't. He dropped it. His coach talked to him

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Third Person Omniscient.

11.

Read the passage and decide POV. "You already told me that story," said Shanice. She looked genuinely disappointed. I laughed awkwardly. "Sorry," I said, "I didn't mean to bore you with a rerun." I tried to laugh it off but she just wouldn't let it go.

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Third Person Omniscient.

12.

Read the passage and decide POV. Carrie and Kylie giggled. Neither of them knew what they had just found. They thought that they had discovered a cool looking rock. They had no idea that they were holding a real life dinosaur egg.

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person Limited

d)

Third Person Omniscient.

13.

Decide if the statement is direct or indirect characterization: She was rich.

a)

Direct

b)

Indirect

14.

Decide if the statement is direct or indirect characterization: She wore a ten carat diamond necklace everywhere she went.

a)

Direct

b)

Indirect

15.

Decide if the statement is direct or indirect characterization: John wore bellbottoms, gold chains, platform shoes, and huge sunglasses to the homecoming dance.

a)

Direct

b)

Indirect

16.

Decide if the statement is direct or indirect characterization: The clothes that John wears are outdated.

a)

Direct

b)

Indirect

17.

Decide if the statement is direct or indirect characterization: Dee thinks that she is better than everyone else.

a)

Direct

b)

Indirect

18.

Decide if the statement is direct or indirect characterization: Whenever anyone tries to speak to Dee, she says, "You don't know me," rolls her eyes, and walks away.

a)

Direct

b)

Indirect

19.

This type of character can be fully described in a single sentence because he has no depth.

a)

Flat

b)

Round

20.

This type of character has likes, dislikes, and personality quirks.

a)

Flat

b)

Round

21.

The sun was bright and the sky was clear. Joan jogged down the path with Rex at her side and smiled about last night's victory. The tone of this excerpt can be best described as _____.

a)

gloomy

b)

cheerful

22.

The author's overall attitude toward a subject is called _____.

a)

mood

b)

metaphor

c)

tone

d)

subject

23.

_________ is the feeling the reader gets from a story.

a)

tone

b)

mood

c)

subject

24.

Identify the type of conflict: Alex and Scott are out at sea on a small fishing boat when a large storm hits. After their boat flips over and sinks during the storm, Alex and Scott struggle to make it back to the shore.

a)

Man vs Man

b)

Man vs Self

c)

Man vs Nature

d)

Man vs Society

25.

Identify the type of conflict: Alexa caught her friend Jamie stealing from a classmate. Now Alexa must choose between keeping her friendship with Jamie and doing the right thing.

a)

Man vs Man

b)

Man vs Self

c)

Man vs Nature

d)

Man vs Society