Point of View and Narrator — Answer Key
Part A: Fix the Sentence
Each sentence has an error. Rewrite it correctly on the line.
1. Fix the sentence:
Charlotte's Web opens in first person because a girl is speaking to her father.
Corrected: Charlotte's Web opens in third person because a narrator outside the story tells what Fern says.
Quoted dialogue inside third-person narration does not change the narrator; the storyteller still uses outside pronouns like she.
2. Fix the sentence:
Holes is told in second person because the reader feels they are at Camp Green Lake.
Corrected: Holes is told in third person limited; an outside narrator follows Stanley closely.
Feeling immersed is not second person; the text uses he and Stanley, which signals third-person narration.
3. Fix the sentence:
Wonder uses an omniscient narrator because many characters speak across the book.
Corrected: Wonder uses multiple first-person narrators; each section is told by a different I.
Omniscient means one outside voice knows every mind; Wonder instead rotates separate first-person voices.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A narrator who uses I, me, and my is telling the story in first person.
First-person narrators speak as themselves, so they rely on I, me, my, and we.
2. A narrator who speaks directly to the reader using you is using second person.
Second person addresses the reader as you, placing the reader inside the action.
3. A narrator who uses he, she, and they but stays inside one character's head is third-person limited.
Third-person limited reports outside pronouns yet restricts thoughts to a single character's perspective.
4. A narrator who uses outside pronouns and knows every character's thoughts is third-person omniscient.
Omniscient narrators float above the story and can dip into any character's feelings or memories.
Part C: Short Answer
Answer each question in one or two complete sentences.
1. How does first-person point of view limit what the reader knows in a story like Wonder?
Sample answer: Because the narrator only knows their own thoughts, the reader sees just one character's view at a time and must wait for another section to learn what others feel.
First person locks the camera inside one head, so other characters' inner lives stay hidden until a new narrator speaks.
2. Why might an author of a Grade 5 novel choose third-person omniscient instead of first person?
Sample answer: Omniscient lets the author show many characters' feelings, build suspense by revealing secrets the hero does not know, and zoom out to describe the whole world.
Omniscient widens the lens, which helps readers track several plotlines and understand how each character truly feels.