Third Person Point of View

Read the following paragraph and determine the point of view:

Suddenly, Jeremy heard a knock at the door.

"Don't open it!" Jessica whispered. "I don't think that Gary at the door."

Jeremy crept up to the window and peek through the blinds.

• First Person POV

• Third Person POV

Uses pronouns like "she, he, they" and character names

• First Person POV

• Third Person POV

Can focus on the feelings of multiple characters in a story

• First Person POV

• Third Person POV

The science fair will be held in the gymnasium on May 2, and Ms. Garcia's students will be presenting first. From which point of view is the sentence written?

• first person

• second person

• third 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 Jorge's feelings!

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

A ________ narrator can see and describe every character's thoughts.

• first person

• second person

• third person, limited

• third person, omniscient

What is the purpose of point of view?

• to let the characters know what the reader can see or hear

• to express the character's thoughts and allow the reader to see and hear the story in different ways

• to let the reader know what the author knows about a story

• to express the author's thoughts and feelings and allow the reader to know what the character's know

What is third person objective Point of View?

• the narrator has unlimited knowledge and can describe every character's thoughts and interrupt their behaviors 

• The position which a narrator sees and understands what is happening 

• the narrator isn't part of the story, it can tell what happens to the characters, but it can't go inside their  heads and reveal what they are thinking and feeling

• I had homework last night 

A narrator who tells a story without describing any character's thoughts, opinions, or feelings; instead, it gives an objective, unbiased point of view. Uses pronouns like "he", "she", or "they". What point of view is this?

• Third person limited POV

• Third person objective POV

• Third person Omniscent POV

• Second person POV

John's neighbor is angry because John plays loud music every day. John is frustrated at his neighbor because his neighbor complains too much. They talked about it and came to a compromise--John will still play his loud music every day, but will only play for 1 hour instead of 2.

• 3rd person OMNISCIENT

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

• 1st person