<p> Analyzing Point of View in a Story Worksheet Title of Selection: ______Author:______Point of View is the perspective from which a story is told.</p><p> 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.</p><p> 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.” </p><p> 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.</p><p> o 3rd Person Omniscient: The narrator knows everything and can describe the thoughts of each character.</p><p> o 3rd Person Limited: The narrator reveals the thoughts of just one character.</p><p>1. Who is the narrator?</p><p>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? </p><p>4. What does the narrator not know?</p><p>5. What are the narrator’s biases, if any?</p><p>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? </p>