Limited vs Omniscient

It was a very dark and gloomy morning. A dense fog slowly crept over the rolling hills towards the little village. Amari watched the fog intently wondering what danger lurked inside.

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

"Jonas went to his own desk and began to sort through his school papers from the evening's assignment. But his mind was still on December and the coming Ceremony. Though he had been reassured by the talk with his parents, he hadn't the slightest idea what Assignment the Elders would be selecting for his future..." (Lowry).

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

Craig and Ben were skateboarding at a local park, when an old man walked up to them. "I used to skateboard when I was your age!" Craig thought it was interesting, but Ben couldn't have cared less.

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

The girl felt scared. Her brother held her hand, but she still couldn't shake off her feelings of terror.

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

She had always hated pizza. She got it from her mother. Her mother had always hated pizza, having once gotten very sick from eating too much of it.

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

'We've got Father and Mother and one another,' said Beth. Beth was the shy one. She always looked on the bright side of things. 'We haven't got father,' said Jo sadly... The girls were suddenly silent. Light from the fire shone on their faces. They were thinking of Father" (Alcott).

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omniscient

What point of view has the narrator outside of the story and reveals things about one character? 

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

• 1st person

• point of view

What point of view has the narrator outside of the story, but can reveal things about many characters? 

• 3rd person limited 

• 3rd person omniscient 

• 1st person 

• genre 

In a story where the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of only one character, what point of view is being used?

• A) 1st person

• B) 2nd person

• C) 3rd person limited

• D) 3rd person omniscient

Which point of view allows the narrator to know everything about all characters, including their thoughts and feelings?

• A) 1st person

• B) 2nd person

• C) 3rd person limited

• D) 3rd person omniscient