Point of View Pre-Assessment

Which type of point of view is when a character from the story writes from his or her viewpoint?

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person

What point of view is this written?: "Suddenly a mouse timidly poked its head out of the bathroom door. I jumped up on the couch and squealed in surprise. My sister screamed in fear at my response to the mouse."

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person

Point of View is . . .

• the vantage point, or perspective of a story.

• who the narrator is.

• the author's opinion.

• the reader's opinion or perspective.

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

• Pronouns like he, she, and they are used.

• The author addresses the reader.

• The narrator is not in the story.

• Pronouns like I, my, and we are used.

In First Person point of view the narrator...

• tells their own story.

• tells a story about someone else.

Point of view is...

• What the story is about

• The author's favorite book

• Who is telling the story

• The main idea 

Third person point of view is when the narrator uses words like:

• She, They, He 

• I, Me, My

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

• First person

• Second person

• Third person, omniscient

• Third person, objective

The narrator is a character in the story.

• first person 

• third person omniscient

• third person objective 

• third person limited 

True or False: A character can also be a narrator

• True

• False