Practice: Author's Perspective- No Points

What is point of view?

• the perspective from which a story is told

• a problem, or conflict

• the central message of a story or literary work

• the writer’s attitude toward his or her audience and subject

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Explain the meaning in the image of the two possible perspectives.

• One person is happy to see land; however, the other person is happy to see a boat.

• They both are happy to see a boat.

• They both are happy to see land.

• On one hand the person likes to swim and on the other hand the person likes to run.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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Who is the primary audience?

• Members of the Oxford City Council

• Local parents and community members

• Fellow librarians

• Students who use the library

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Read this excerpt from Countee Cullen's poem "The Dark Tower," and then complete the sentences that follow.

We shall not always plant while others reap
The golden increment of bursting fruit,   
Not always countenance, abject and mute,   
That lesser men should hold their brothers cheap;
Not everlastingly while others sleep . . .

When Cullen speaks of planting while others reap, and standing "abject and mute," he is speaking about the ____________ injustices present in American society.

• racial

• internal

• casual

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Pete didn't feel like doing homework. He felt like playing baseball. He grabbed his mitt off the shelf and began to fantasize about being out in the field. His fantasy was interrupted shortly by the opening of his bedroom door. It was his mom. She started to yell, "Pete, you're not failing baseball class! You're failing math class! You need to study. Put the mitt away!" Pete put the mitt away, and he started doing his math homework.

What is the mom's perspective on homework?

• Homework is a waste of time. Pete should be playing baseball.

• Homework is not as important as baseball.

• Homework is more important than baseball.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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Landfills are overflowing with the garbage 
created by fast food restaurants and individuals too lazy to wash their dishes.  The earth is 
becoming polluted.  Wouldn't it be nice if people would go back to eating at home and washing 
dishes?
Which statement do you think the author would agree with?

• People should not use disposable products
• People should never wash dishes
• People should only use disposable products

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CCSS.RL.8.6

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Why is it important to read texts on the same event, but written from different perspectives?

• To get more information on the topic

• To make an informed opinion

• To know how different sides felt during the event

• It isn't important

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What can they do to better understand each other?

• They could take turns listening to each other and try looking at it from both perspectives.

• They could pretend to listen and keep saying what they see.

• They do not need to understand each other because they see things differently.

• They can not understand each other because one of them is wrong.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6