Narrator's Point fo View
1. What is point of view?
a) The position from which a narrator tells a story
b) The moral of a story
c) The genre to which a story belongs
d) The personality of the main character in a story
2. If Tim wrote a story describing his interactions with Cassie and Rita, what point of view would he most likely use?
a) Second person
b) Third person omnisciente
c) First person
d) Third person limited
3. Which point of view would you most likely find in a newspaper article about an artist or athlete?
a) First person
b) Third person omniscient
c) Second person
d) Third person limited
4. What point of view would you most likely find in a novel that explores the deepst thoughts and feelings of a number of characters?
a) First person
b) Third person omniscient
c) Second person
d) Third person limited
5. What is unreliable narrator?
a) A narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters in a story
b) A narrator who addresses the reader as “you”
c) A narrator who may not know everything about all the characters and events in a story
d) A character in a story who deliberately lies to another character
6. What effect might a second-person point of view have on a story?
a) It would allow the reader to know everything about all the characters
b) It would allow the reader to get to know the narrator’s thoughts and feelings
c) It would give the reader a broad picture about what’s going on
d) It would place the reader directly into the story
7. If you described your school principal as “omniscient,” what would you probably mean?
a) That she can read her students’ minds
b) That she sees and knows everything that goes on at school
c) That she is able to relate to students on a personal level
d) That she is cruel and mean
8. “As you take the quiz, you feel your confidence growing, and a smile creeps across your face.” What type of narration is this?
a) First person
b) Second person
c) Third person limited
d) Third person omniscient
9. “I couldn’t wait to meet my friend Rita, so I rode my bicycle to her house as fast as I could.” What type of narration is this?
a) First person
b) Second person
c) Third person limited
d) Third person omniscient
10. Which of the following statements is true?
a) Switching points of view can be confusing
b) An omniscient narrator is usually a character in the story
c) Most novels and short stories are written in the second person
d) Most newspaper articles are written in the first person
