Point of View — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A Grade 3 story says, The day was sunny, but Mia thought it was too hot. Whose words are too hot?
A) The narrator's words
B) Mia's point of view
C) The sun's opinion
D) The reader's idea
Thoughts inside quotes or tag words belong to a Grade 3 character, not the narrator.
2. A Grade 3 narrator says, I felt proud of my team. What point of view is this?
A) Third person
B) Second person
C) First person
D) Mixed person
When a Grade 3 narrator uses I, the point of view is first person.
3. Jay thinks the new rule is unfair, but Tia thinks it is fair. This Grade 3 example shows what?
A) Same viewpoint for both
B) No character viewpoint
C) Different character viewpoints
D) Only narrator viewpoint
Opposite opinions show different character viewpoints in Grade 3 point-of-view work.
4. A Grade 3 narrator outside the story describes the weather. Whose POV is the weather from?
A) A character's POV
B) The narrator's POV
C) The reader's POV
D) No POV at all
Description from outside the story is the narrator's Grade 3 point of view.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. Readers can tell the narrator's Grade 3 POV apart from a character's POV by noticing who is speaking.
Noticing who is speaking helps Grade 3 readers separate narrator POV from character POV.
2. A Grade 3 first-person narrator is both a narrator and a character.
A first-person Grade 3 narrator plays a role and tells the story at the same time.
3. Two Grade 3 characters seeing one event in different ways show different perspectives.
Perspectives is a Grade 3 word that matches point of view for each character.
4. A Grade 3 reader can compare viewpoints by asking what each character thinks.
Asking what each character thinks shows their Grade 3 viewpoints clearly.
5. When the Grade 3 narrator uses he or she, the narrator is in third person.
He and she are third-person pronouns in Grade 3 point-of-view practice.