Point of View Pre-Assessment

Point of view is defined as the perspective or vantage point from which a story is being told.

• True

• False

In which point of view would you see the following signal words used?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Which point of view is the following: "There is one mirror in my house. It is behind a sliding panel in the hallway upstairs. Our faction allows me to stand in front of it on the second day of every third month, the day my mother cuts my hair." _{from Divergent by Veronica Roth}

• Second person

• First person

• Third person

What point of view is the following:

Cathy leaned into her computer screen with big eyes. She couldn't believe it- she had finally gotten a 100 on her math test! She knew her parents would be proud of her.

• First person

• Third person

• Second Person

True or false:

Point is view is used in fiction text.

• True

• False

We go to the mountains every winter for vacation.

• Third person

• First person

• Second person

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

• Pronouns like I, they and her are used.

• The author is addressing the reader.

• The narrator is not in the story.

• Pronouns like I, my and we are used.

In which point of view would you see the following signal words used?

you, your

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

Which point of view is the narrator "all - knowing" on the thoughts and feelings of more than two character?

• First person

• Third person limited

• Second person

• Third person omniscient

Which point of view is when the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE character?

• Second person

• First person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient