POV - 7th Grade Strawn

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What is the purpose of point of view?

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To express the character's thoughts and allow the reader to see and hear the story in different ways.

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What does third person omniscient point of view mean?

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The narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of more than one character.

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What point of view is used in the sentence: 'Sarah and Jake were friends who liked to play baseball together. Sarah asked Jake to play baseball after school and Jake told her no. Sarah's feelings were very hurt by Jake.'?

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Third person limited.

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How can you identify first person point of view?

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Pronouns like I, my, and we are used.

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What point of view is represented in the sentence: 'John said he was going to the pumpkin patch with his family.'?

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Third person.

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What is first person point of view?

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A narrative perspective where the narrator is a character in the story, using pronouns like I and we.

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What is second person point of view?

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A narrative perspective that addresses the reader directly using the pronoun 'you'.

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What is third person limited point of view?

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A narrative perspective where the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character.

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What is third person omniscient point of view?

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A narrative perspective where the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters.

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What are some examples of first person pronouns?

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I, me, my, we, us.