Point of View

​ POINT OF VIEW

Multiple Choice

Pre-check

What do you think point of view of a story is?

• the time and place the story occurs

• the author's purpose

• who is telling the story

• the main events

​Point of View (POV) is...

the perspective the story is being told from

​Ask yourself:

• ​who is telling the story?

• ​a character inside or outside the story?

Multiple Choice

Which type of point of view is when a character from the story writes from his or her viewpoint?

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person

• narrator talks about themselves

• Words used:​

• I, me, my, myself, we, us, our, ourselves

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​First Person

Multiple Choice

Which point of view do you see these signal words? I, me, my, mine, we, us

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

• narrator talks to you (the reader or audience)

• Not as common​

• Words used:​

• you

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​Second Person

• narrator is outside of the story,

• but knows ALL the thoughts of ALL the characters​

• Words used:

• He, him, his, himself

• She​, her, herself

• they, them, their, themselves​

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​Third Person, Omnisceint

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Multiple Select

Which POV uses "he, she, and them" to tell a story? Check all that apply.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

Multiple Choice

In 3rd person omniscient, you get to know the thoughts and feelings of...

• none of the characters

• 2 character

• 1 character

• all of the characters

• narrator is outside of the story. Talks about the characters, but only knows the thoughts of one character

• Words used:

• He, him, his, himself

• She​, her, herself

• they, them, their, themselves​

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​Third Person, Limited

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Multiple Choice

In 3rd person limited, you get to know the thoughts and feelings of...

• 1 character

• 2 characters

• none of the characters

• all of the characters

Multiple Choice

Identify the point of view:

I walked towards the bus stop, hoping to not see Maria. She told everyone my biggest secret, and I was never going to forgive her.

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person Objective

• 3rd Person Limited

Multiple Choice

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Multiple Choice

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Multiple Choice

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Multiple Choice

From which point of view is the story written from?

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. "Jeremiah, we had a great season. Nobody's perfect. Look at me. Ha ha," he said. Jeremiah smiled at the coach, but he couldn't forgive himself so easily.

• First person because the narrator is inside the story.

• third person omniscient because the narrator is outside the story and shares more than one characters thoughts and feelings.

• third person limited because narrator focuses on one characters thoughts.

Multiple Choice

My mother is my sole support system. Whenever something exciting happens or there is a crisis in my life, she is the first person I turn to. I have seen many friends come and go in my life, but my mother is different. For eighteen years of my life, she has always been there for me. No matter the distance between us, we always are close. 

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Poll

How are you feeling about identifying point of view in a story?

• Really good I already knew this!

• This is new but I'm getting it!

• I am new to this and it is kinda hard.

• I am very confused

Open Ended

Auggie's parents don't see him as ordinary. They see him as ... what?