Point of View

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Mrs. V asks about flying. I type I'd be scared to let go, fearing it would feel so good I'd just fly away. - Sharon M. Draper

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First Person

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Leslie sat in front of Paul with long, brown pigtails. Paul felt an urge to pull one. What narrative perspective is this?

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Third Person Limited

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Jacqueline Woodson's quote reflects a perspective where one sometimes laughs to cope with emotions and recognizes happiness in the world.

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Second Person

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Narrative perspective in 'The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body' by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen.

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First Person

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Life is where you sleep, what you see when you wake up, who you share dreams with, what you eat for breakfast, and who you eat it with. It’s something you create yourself. — Rebecca Stead, Goodbye Stranger

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Second Person

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Narrative perspective in the excerpt from The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien.

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Third Person Limited

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In Fahrenheit 451, the girl observes Montag, who has been a fireman for ten years. She questions the role of firemen in the past, leading to a discussion about fireproof houses.

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Third Person Omniscient

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Excerpt from 'Holes' by Louis Sachar: Mr. Sir took the boys to a new section of the lake to dig holes, five feet deep and wide. Stanley felt relieved to know his daily digging limit and to avoid the chaos of the big hole.

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Third Person Limited

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Identifying first person point of view

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I, my, and we are used.

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Narrative perspective: She liked ice cream, he liked cake; they bought both.

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3rd person OMNISCIENT