IXL | Identify the narrative point of view

Which point of view does the narrator use in the passage?

My mother got very upset. She grabbed my shoulder and shook it. "I told you not to go there, Philip," she said angrily. "We are at war! Don't you understand?"

"We just wanted to see the submarines," I said.

My mother closed her eyes and pulled me up against her thin body. She was like that. One minute, shaking me; the next, holding me.

first person

second person

third person

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Which point of view does the narrator use in the passage?

Fern came almost every day to visit him. . . . Here she sat quietly during the long afternoons, thinking and listening and watching Wilbur. The sheep soon got to know her and trust her. So did the geese, who lived with the sheep. All the animals trusted her, she was so quiet and friendly. . . . It made her happy just to be near the pig, and it made Wilbur happy to know that she was sitting there, right outside his pen.

first person

second person

third person

key idea

The narrator of a story is the voice that is telling, or narrating, the story. A narrator's point of view is the perspective from which a story is told. There are three main points of view:

first-person,

the narrator describes events from his or her own perspective. First-person narrators use first-person pronouns, such as

me,

we,

and

us.

I waded slowly across the river, holding my backpack high above the water.

second-person,

the narrator casts the reader as a character in the story. Second-person narrators use second-person pronouns, such as you and

your.

You turn the page in anticipation, eager to find out where the story will lead.

third-person,

the narrator describes events from the perspective of an outside observer. Third-person narrators use third-person pronouns, such as

he,

she,

him,

and

her,

as well as characters' names.

With a third-person-limited point of view, the narrator's knowledge is limited to what a single character knows and feels.

Maria wondered whether her new neighbor's laugh was genuine.

With a third-person-omniscient point of view, the narrator is all-knowing and often reveals multiple characters' thoughts and feelings.

Bernard was confident that the model rocket would launch without a hitch, but Nina had her doubts.

solution

This passage shows a third-person point of view. The narrator describes events from the perspective of an outside observer, using third-person pronouns.

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