Point of View- Friday

Anthony was making a snowman in his front yard. He wanted to make the tallest snowman ever. "Making the tallest snowman ever is hard," he thought to himself. As Anthony rolled the snow around to form huge spheres, Justin was watching him from the bushes. Justin had plans too, only his plans involved karate kicking Anthony's very tall snowman. Justin figured that no snowman deserved to be as tall as Anthony's. Justin stretched in preparation for his attack.

Select the point of view of this passage.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

Debra was walking a big black Labrador along the beach. The dog was unleashed, but he didn't seem to stray far from her. As Debra walked in the sand, the Labrador bounded through the waves. As the dog fell a few feet behind Debra, she called out to him, "Come on, Duke! Come here boy!" Duke barked, ran from the water, and caught Debra quickly. Duke was sopping wet. He started licking Debra and almost knocked her down. Debra laughed and tried to wipe the paw prints off her outfit.

Select the point of view of the passage.

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?

Read the answers CAREFULLY!

• 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.

Which part of speech is most helpful in determining point of view in a text?

• verbs

• adjectives

• pronouns

• proper nouns

Which words are clue words for 3rd person point of view?

• up, down, sideways

• he, she, they

• help, has, then

• I, me, my

Which words are clue words for 1st person point of view?

• in, lay, the

• I, my, me

• has, at, with

• to, is, was

Where is the narrator in the first person point of view?

• in the bathroom

• in the kitchen

• inside the action of the story

• no in the action in the story

Where is the narrator in the 3rd person point of view?

• not in the story

• in the bedroom

• in the story

• on the roof

Which of the following is a statement written in third person point of view?

• Mr. Rogers thinks his family watches too much tv.

• My dad said, "You watch too much tv."

• I think my family watches too much tv.

• Read a book instead of watching tv.

Which of the following is a statement written in first person point of view?

• She visited her grandparents last summer.

• You visited your grandparents last summer.

• I visited my grandparents last summer.

• He visited his grandparents last summer.