Distinguishing Point of View of a Character or Narrator

What is point of view?

• The way the story is told

• When the narrator is in the story

• When the narrator is in not in the story

• A story with no perspective

In what point of view does a character within the story retell his or her experiences or impressions from their own perspective?

• Second Person
• First Person
• Third Person Objective
• Third Person Limited

In what point of view is the story written from the perspective of “you?”

• Third Person Omniscient
• First Person
• Third Person Limited
• Second Person

In what point of view does the narrator remain a detailed observer, telling only the stories action and dialogue of all the characters in the story?

• Third Person Omniscient

• First Person

• Third Person Limited

• Second Person

In what point of view does the narrator reveal only one character’s emotions (usually the main character)?

• Second Person

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Limited

• First Person

Directions and instructions are usually narrated from which point of view?

• Third Person Limited
• First Person
• Second person
• Third Person Omniscient

In what point of view does the narrator use pronouns such as 'I' and 'me?'

• First Person
• Second Person
• Third Person Omniscient
• Third Person Limited

Identify the point of view of the excerpt from The Hunger Games: A pain stabs my left temple and I press my hand against it. Right on the spot where Johanna Mason hit me with the coil of wire. The memories swirl as I try to sort out what is true and what is false.

• Second Person
• Third Person Omniscient
• First person
• Third Person Limited

In this point of view, the narrator’s knowledge is limited and reveals the thoughts and feelings of only one main character...

• Third Person Objective
• Second Person
• First Person
• Third person limited

In this point of view the narrator has access to every characters' thoughts and feelings.

• Third person omniscient

• Second Person

• First Person

• Third Person Limited