Author Point of View

A personal narrative is written in ______ person point of view.

• first

• second

• third

• any

John looked nervously at Patty as she reached into the cage without hesitation. She seemed to not to be scared of snakes in the slightest. 

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

• 3rd Person Objective

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

• It uses pronouns like you and yours. -

• The author knows unlimited information about every character.

• the narrator is not in the story

• pronouns like I, my and we are used

The narrator has unlimited knowledge and can describe every character's thoughts and interpret their behaviors. 

• 2nd person

• 3rd person objective

• 3rd person OMNISCIENT

• 1st person

Which sentence is written in third person point of view?

• I brought my mother breakfast this morning.

• You always wear your seatbelt.

• We didn't mean to hurt Billy's feelings!

• Cynthia and her brother walked home from school this afternoon.

I don't like creeping down the dark alley. 
From which point of view is this sentence written?

• first person 

• second person 

• third person 

What can be misleading when trying to determine the POV of a text?

• dialogue

• titles

• pronouns

What is the essential question when trying to determine the POV of a text?

• Who is telling the story?

• Whose thoughts do we know?

• Which pronouns are being used?

• Is the main character the narrator?

The narrator tells the story as if he or she is not part of the story and only knows some details of the story, like what the main character thinks.

• 3rd Person Omniscient

• 3rd Person Limited

• Second Person

• 3rd Person Objective

The narrator is only a spectator, there are no references to thoughts or feelings. Which point of view is this? 

• 3rd Person Objective

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

• 2nd Person