Types of Third Person

Elsa thought to herself, "How could I hurt Anna like that?" Laying on the floor, Anna felt the coldness spread throughout her entire body, but she couldn't tell anyone. Then, she became frozen.

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Omniscient

"Avengers, Assemble!" Captain America never felt so motivated when those words left his mouth. Then when Thor's hammer came into his hands he felt as if he could conquer the world.

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Omniscient

"I hate being special!" Auggie yelled at his mom. She would never tell him, but this hurt her so much to see Auggie in so much pain. She wished he could see how wonderful of a kid he was, she wished he could see himself through her eyes.

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Omniscient

Nate couldn't believe what just happened, a million thoughts were running through his mind. He looked up at Addy, she had so much fear built up inside of her. Then Cooper, who had just walked in before everything happened, didn't know what to do so he just yelled "Where did Mr. Miller put our phones? We have to call 911!"

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Omniscient

What is the primary difference between third person limited and third person omniscient points of view?

• Third person limited uses "you", while third person omniscient uses "he" or "she".

• Third person limited can only see into one character's mind, while third person omniscient can see into multiple characters' minds.

• Third person limited is subjective, while third person omniscient is objective.

• There is no significant difference; they are interchangeable.

Which point of view allows the author to explore the internal thoughts of multiple characters, not just the protagonist?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

Evaluate the point of view from this sentence: "He always knew he would return to this place, where his ancestors once walked."

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

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Which point of view allows the author to explore the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters without being limited to one perspective?

• First person

• Second person

• Third person limited

• Third person omniscient

All the students had one thing on their mind, there were only 5 minutes left in class. They tried to focus on the math problem on the board but instead, they were all thinking about their plans for the long weekend.

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Omniscient

Belle just sat there and thought to herself, "Why would he give me an entire library? I thought I was his prisoner." Either way, she was excited to get to read all of these new books.

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Objective

• Third Person Omniscient