Narrator and point of view

Worksheet: Narrator and point of view

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Answer the questions.

1. Which sentence is told by a first-person narrator?
   a) He opened the door and stepped inside.b) I opened the door and stepped inside.c) She opened the door and stepped inside.d) They opened the door and stepped inside.
2. Which pair of words tells you a story is in the first person?
   a) I and web) he and shec) they and themd) you and your
3. In "We packed our bags and waved goodbye," who is telling the story?
   a) A character who was thereb) A narrator outside the storyc) The author's friend onlyd) The reader
4. In a first-person story, the narrator is a character who says "I".
   a) Trueb) False
5. Which sentence uses a third-person narrator?
   a) I picked up my bag and ran.b) Let me pick up my bag and run.c) Mia picked up her bag and ran.d) We picked up our bags and ran.
6. Which words are clues to a third-person narrator?
   a) I, me, myb) I, we, usc) he, she, theyd) we, us, our
7. A third-person narrator is always one of the characters in the story.
   a) Trueb) False
8. Which pronoun would replace "Tom" in a third-person sentence: I, he or we?
9. A story says "I felt nervous as I walked on stage." Who is the narrator?
   a) A stranger watchingb) The audiencec) The person saying "I"d) The reader
10. Which clue best shows whose story a book is mostly about?
    a) That character appears only on the first pageb) That character has the longest namec) That character speaks the fewest wordsd) We follow that character's thoughts and actions
11. Why does a first-person story let us know a character's feelings so well?
    a) It always has a happy endingb) It uses no pronounsc) The narrator is never a characterd) The narrator tells us their own thoughts
12. A story about a lost dog is told by the dog, then by its owner. What changes?
    a) The point of viewb) The setting must be a cityc) The spelling rulesd) The title only
13. Retelling a story from a different character's point of view can change what we learn.
    a) Trueb) False
14. Rewrite "I was scared" in third person about Sam. Which is correct?
    a) I was Sam scared.b) Sam am scared.c) Sam was scared.d) We were scared.
15. Three Little Pigs told by the wolf: how is this different from the usual telling?
16. Why might two characters tell the same event in different ways?