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Author's Point of View: First, Second, Third Person Omniscient, Objective, Limited

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Third person omniscient point of view is when the narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of ______ characters.
a)
all
b)
one
c)
no
d)
more than three
2.
What is special about third person limited?
a)
The thoughts of most characters are revealed
b)
The thoughts of all characters are revealed
c)
The thoughts of one character is not revealed
d)
The thoughts of one character is revealed
3.

John looked nervously at Patty as she reached into the cage without hesitation. She seemed to not to be scared of snakes in the slightest.

a)

1st Person

b)

3rd Person Limited

c)

3rd Person Omniscient

d)

Second Person

4.
How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?
a)
It uses pronouns like you and yours. -
b)
The author knows unlimited information about every character.
c)
the narrator is not in the story
d)
pronouns like I, my and we are used
5.

The narrator has unlimited knowledge and can describe every character's thoughts and interpret their behaviors.

a)

2nd person

b)

3rd person limited omnsicent

c)

3rd person OMNISCIENT

d)

1st person

6.

Alice's adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel

Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, "and what is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations?" So she was considering, in her own mind whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up and picking the daisies, when suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.

a)

third-limited omniscient

b)

first-person

c)

second person

d)

third-omniscient

7.

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

The day Shiloh come, we're having us a big Sunday dinner. Dara Lynn's dipping bread in her glass of cold tea, the way she likes, and Becky pushes her beans over the edge of her plate in her rush to get 'em down. Ma gives us her scolding look. We live high up in the hills above Friendly, but hardly anybody knows where that is. Friendly's near Sistersville, which is halfway between Wheeling and Parkersburg. Used to be, my daddy told me, Sistersville was once of the best places you could live in the whole state.

a)

first-person

b)

second-person

c)

third- limited omniscient

d)

third- omniscient

8.
We go to the mountains every winter for vacation.
a)
3rd person objective
b)
1st person
c)
3rd person limited
d)
2nd person
9.
What is third person omniscient Point of View?
a)
when the narrator, which is usually the main character  is telling the story from his or hers perspective.
b)
is a narrator that tells a story using the word YOU which places the reader in the story 
c)
The position which a narrator sees and understands what is happening 
d)
 the narrator knows all the thoughts, actions, and feelings of all characters. 
10.
If the story you are reading is a personal narrative, what type of Point of View is it?
a)
First Person
b)
Second Person
c)
Third Person Limited
d)
Third Person Omniscient
11.
Identify the point of view: "Cold chills scurried up and down my back and I shivered as the steep roller coaster clambered up."
a)
First Person
b)
Second Person
c)
Third Person Limited
d)
Third Person Omniscient
12.

“I don’t want to put my shoes on,” cried Timmy. Timmy had been fussy ever since snack time. He didn’t get a cheese stick because Michael ate the last one. Then he didn’t get to sleep at all during nap time. Now he was really worked up. “I want to go home. Get my mommy!”

What is the point of view of the passage?

a)

First person

b)

Second person

c)

Third person limited omniscient

d)

Third person omniscient

13.
"I have no idea what you're talking about!" Marina insisted. In fact, she was a little offended at the implication that she had taken the birthday cake.
Sharon felt compelled to apologize. "I'm sorry, Marina," she said. "I'm just upset. I don't have enough time to bake yet another cake for Bryan. We have to find this one!"
"We'll find it, Sharon," Marina replied. "No matter what, though, Bryan will have a wonderful birthday."
"I know. Thanks, Marina." And with that, Sharon and Marina went to find the cake culprit.
What is the point of view of the passage?
a)
First person
b)
Second person
c)
Third person limited
d)
Third person omniscient
14.
“A dare is a dare,” Ben heard his friend Tony say behind him as he walked up the creaking steps.
The October wind started blowing harder the closer Ben got to the front door. Old, grey wood covered in spider webs surrounded him.
There’s no way out this now, he thought. Why did I make up that story in the first place?
“Come on, man!” Tony called to Ben. “I don’t have all day!”
Ben glanced down at the rusted, metal door handle. He could see teeny bumps covering his skin like the chicken he sometimes saw his mom making for dinner.
He closed his eyes, grabbed the cold, metal handle, and pushed the door open.
The author focuses on the thoughts and feelings of only one character. By doing so, the author helps the reader understand
a)
what makes Tony send Ben to the old house
b)
what Tony thinks about Ben’s adventure.
c)
how Ben feels about making up a story.
d)
how the abandoned house seems to Tony
15.
What clues best show Second person POV? 
a)
Words like "I" and "we"
b)
Words like "he" and "she"
c)
Words like "you" and "your"
16.

To make toast you need to put two slices of bread in the toaster. Press the button. When the toast pops up it is finished and you are ready to eat it. Put butter, jelly, or peanut butter on it for a delicious treat!

a)

1st person

b)

3rd person limited

c)

2nd person

d)

3rd person omnsicent

17.
What point of view uses the word I?
a)
1st person
b)
2nd person
c)
3rd person
18.
Which point of view is the following:
"There is one mirror in my house. It is behind a sliding panel in the hallway upstairs. Our faction allows me to stand in front of it on the second day of every third month, the day my mother cuts my hair."
from Divergent by Veronica Roth
a)
second
b)
first
c)
third person
19.
What point of view uses the word I?
a)
1st person
b)
2nd person
c)
3rd person
20.
What point of view uses the word he?
a)
1st person
b)
2nd person
c)
3rd person