Analyzing Point of View in a Story Worksheet

Analyzing Point of View in a Story Worksheet Title of Selection: ______Author:______Point of View is the perspective from which a story is told.

 First-person point of view: The narrator is a character in the story. This character uses the first- person pronouns I and me to tell the story.

 Second-person point of view : This point of view is rarely used. It is when a Third-person point of view narrator directly addresses the audience/reader. For example, in “The Gift of the Magi,” the author addresses the reader and says, “now let us examine the room.”

 Third-person point of view. The narrator is not a character in the story. This narrator uses third- person pronouns such as he, she, they, and them to refer to all the characters in the story.

o 3rd Person Omniscient: The narrator knows everything and can describe the thoughts of each character.

o 3rd Person Limited: The narrator reveals the thoughts of just one character.

1. Who is the narrator?

2. From which of the following three points of view is the story told: 3rd Person Omniscient, 3rd Person Limited, 1st Person, or 2nd Person? 3. What does the narrator know that no one else could know?

4. What does the narrator not know?

5. What are the narrator’s biases, if any?

6. How does the point of view affect the way you feel about the characters? Does it make you sympathize more with one character than another? 7. Choose a different point of view from which the story could be told. How would the story change if this point of view were used?