Point of View Practice Worksheet

What is point of view?

• the time and place of a story

• the person who writes the story

• The narrator’s position or the perspective from which an author presents a story. (how the story is told)

• what the main character thinks

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Authors choose a specific point of view for a reason.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RI.6.9

CCSS.RI.7.9

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

Which type of POV narration uses the keywords "I, me, my..." to convey the story?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which type of POV narration uses the keywords "you and your" to convey the story?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which type of point of view narration uses the keywords "he, she, they..." to convey the story?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The narrator is ...

• the person telling the story

• always the protagonist

• the person who wrote the story

• always a character in the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following narrators is NEVER a character in the text?

• first person

• second person

• third person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of the following narrators can NEVER be a spectator (outside observer)?

• third person omniscient

• first person

• third person limited

• second person

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Third person omniscient point of view is when the narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of ______ characters.

• all

• one

• no

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Third person limited point of view is when the narrator knows the feelings and thoughts of ______ character(s).

• no

• all

• multiple

• one or none

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6