This Grade 5 point of view worksheet pairs two retellings of the same scene to highlight gains and losses across narrators. Nine fill-in-the-blank items cover pronouns, voice, and the cost of each POV, while a four-pair matching task links author goals such as intimacy or suspense to the best-fit narrator. Designed for RL.5.6, the page sharpens Grade 5 readers' ability to defend POV choices using evidence.
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Point of View and Narrator
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. Retelling A uses I dropped my tray, while Retelling B says Jamal dropped his tray; Retelling A is in first person.
2. Retelling B is in third person because it uses Jamal's name and the pronoun his.
3. When a story shifts from one narrator to another, readers gain perspectives on the same event.
4. An author who wants the reader to feel a character's anxiety closely will likely choose first person.
5. An author who wants to weave several characters' feelings together will likely choose third-person omniscient.
6. A loss of first-person narration is that the reader cannot know what other characters are thinking.
7. A gain of first-person narration is a stronger sense of the narrator's voice.
8. A retelling that suddenly uses you to address the reader is using second person.
9. When two retellings disagree about what happened, the difference shows that POV shapes the truth.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
Author wants tight emotional closeness
→ First person
First person
Author wants secret villain plots revealed
→ Third-person omniscient
Third-person omniscient
Author wants the reader to feel like the hero
→ Second person
Second person
Author wants several family members' views
→ Multiple first-person narrators
Multiple first-person narrators
Point of View and Narrator
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) Retelling A uses I dropped my tray, while Retelling B says Jamal dropped his tray; Retelling A is in first person.
2) Retelling B is in third person because it uses Jamal's name and the pronoun his.
3) When a story shifts from one narrator to another, readers gain perspectives on the same event.
4) An author who wants the reader to feel a character's anxiety closely will likely choose first person.
5) An author who wants to weave several characters' feelings together will likely choose third-person omniscient.
6) A loss of first-person narration is that the reader cannot know what other characters are thinking.
7) A gain of first-person narration is a stronger sense of the narrator's voice.
8) A retelling that suddenly uses you to address the reader is using second person.
9) When two retellings disagree about what happened, the difference shows that POV shapes the truth.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
Author wants tight emotional closeness
→ First person
First person
Author wants secret villain plots revealed
→ Third-person omniscient
Third-person omniscient
Author wants the reader to feel like the hero
→ Second person
Second person
Author wants several family members' views
→ Multiple first-person narrators
Multiple first-person narrators
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