Point of View and Narrator — Answer Key
Part A: Multiple Choice
Circle the best answer for each question.
1. A passage reads: Mara watched the storm. Across town, the captain felt the same fear. What POV is this?
A) Third-person omniscient
B) Third-person limited
C) First person
D) Second person
The narrator reports feelings of two distant characters in one passage, which only an omniscient narrator can do.
2. Inside a third-person novel, a chapter is a letter that begins Dear Aunt Lin, I am scared. The letter itself is written in:
A) Third-person limited
B) First person
C) Third-person omniscient
D) Second person
The letter uses I, so it is a first-person embedded POV inside a larger third-person novel.
3. A passage uses he and she but stays only with Lin's senses and thoughts. The most precise label is:
A) Third-person omniscient
B) First person
C) Third-person limited
D) Second person
Third-person limited combines outside pronouns with access to a single character's inner life, fitting Lin's case.
4. A guidebook chapter says: You hear the door creak; you tiptoe forward. This passage uses:
A) First person
B) Third-person limited
C) Third-person omniscient
D) Second person
Second person makes you the actor; both pronouns and verbs aim straight at the reader.
Part B: Fill in the Blank
Write the correct answer on each line.
1. When a third-person novel quotes a character's diary in I-form, the diary is an example of an embedded POV.
Embedded POVs are smaller narrators nested inside the main one, like a diary inside a third-person story.
2. If a passage reveals two characters' thoughts, the narrator must be third-person omniscient.
Multiple inner viewpoints require an omniscient narrator since limited stays with one character only.
3. A reader chooses third-person limited over omniscient when only one character's mind appears across the passage.
Evidence is gathered across the whole passage; consistent single-mind access points to limited rather than omniscient.
4. A novel that uses different first-person narrators in alternating chapters is using multiple first-person narrators.
Multiple first-person narration rotates I-voices, giving readers many close-up perspectives in one book.
5. When evidence is mixed, a careful reader cites the strongest evidence before labeling the POV.
Strong evidence such as named pronouns or shared thoughts anchors a POV claim and avoids guessing.