Narrator and point of view
Grade 5: first-person narrator (I, we), third-person narrator (he, she, they), whose story it is, how point of view changes the story.
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Which sentence is told by a first-person narrator?
- He opened the door and stepped inside.
- I opened the door and stepped inside.
- She opened the door and stepped inside.
- They opened the door and stepped inside.
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I opened the door and stepped inside.Which pair of words tells you a story is in the first person?
- I and we
- he and she
- they and them
- you and your
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I and weIn "We packed our bags and waved goodbye," who is telling the story?
- A character who was there
- A narrator outside the story
- The author's friend only
- The reader
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A character who was thereIn a first-person story, the narrator is a character who says "I". (True or false?)
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TrueWhich sentence uses a third-person narrator?
- I picked up my bag and ran.
- Let me pick up my bag and run.
- Mia picked up her bag and ran.
- We picked up our bags and ran.
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Mia picked up her bag and ran.Which words are clues to a third-person narrator?
- I, me, my
- I, we, us
- he, she, they
- we, us, our
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he, she, theyA third-person narrator is always one of the characters in the story. (True or false?)
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FalseWhich pronoun would replace "Tom" in a third-person sentence: I, he or we? (Answer out loud)
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heA story says "I felt nervous as I walked on stage." Who is the narrator?
- A stranger watching
- The audience
- The person saying "I"
- The reader
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The person saying "I"Which clue best shows whose story a book is mostly about?
- That character appears only on the first page
- That character has the longest name
- That character speaks the fewest words
- We follow that character's thoughts and actions
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We follow that character's thoughts and actionsWhy does a first-person story let us know a character's feelings so well?
- It always has a happy ending
- It uses no pronouns
- The narrator is never a character
- The narrator tells us their own thoughts
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The narrator tells us their own thoughtsA story about a lost dog is told by the dog, then by its owner. What changes?
- The point of view
- The setting must be a city
- The spelling rules
- The title only
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The point of viewRetelling a story from a different character's point of view can change what we learn. (True or false?)
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TrueRewrite "I was scared" in third person about Sam. Which is correct?
- I was Sam scared.
- Sam am scared.
- Sam was scared.
- We were scared.
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Sam was scared.Three Little Pigs told by the wolf: how is this different from the usual telling? (Answer out loud)
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It shows the wolf's point of view (his side of the story)Why might two characters tell the same event in different ways? (Answer out loud)
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They have different feelings, thoughts and points of view
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