WorksheetsPoint of View and Perspective
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 6mins
Q. Point of view can be defined as...
who tells the story
how the story is told
why the story is told
when the story is told
Q. Perspective can be defined as...
how the story is told
why the story is told
who tells the story
where the story is told
Q. 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.
Q. A type of narrative point of view where the author uses pronouns like ''your" and "you."
Second Person POV
First Person POV
Third Person POV
Q. Which point of view do you see these signal words?
he, she, they, them, (character's names)
First
Second
Third
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. 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
Q. Which of the following is NOT considered when determining a text's POV?
character feelings
words used: I, you, he/she/them, etc.
dialogue between characters
perspective
Q. “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
Q. “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
Q. “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
Q. How do you know which specific point of view the previous text (The Hobbit) is written in? PICK TWO ANSWERS.
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.
Q. “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
Q. How do you know which specific point of view the previous text (Ozma of Oz) 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.
