Questions: Point of View: Who Is Telling the Story

Question 1

What is **point of view** in a story?

• A. The author's opinion about politics
• B. Who is telling the story and what they know or see
• C. Where the story is set
• D. The book's title

Answer: (B)

Point of view is whose perspective we see the story through—usually a character or a narrator.

Question 2

In first-person point of view, the narrator uses 'I' and tells the story from their own perspective.

• T. True
• F. False

Answer: True

True. First-person ('I' or 'we') means you are reading the story as if that character is telling it.

Question 3

What is third-person point of view?

• A. The author's personal opinions
• B. A narrator uses 'he,' 'she,' or 'they' and describes what a character experiences
• C. When multiple characters tell the story equally
• D. None of the above

Answer: (B)

Third-person narration uses character names or pronouns like 'she' and 'he' to tell the story.

Question 4

All stories are told from the same point of view throughout.

• T. True
• F. False

Answer: False

False. Some stories switch point of view between chapters or characters, or show different characters' perspectives.

Question 5

Tell a short story event from two different points of view. How does each one change what you understand?

Model answer: Example: From Cat's POV: Dog is chasing me (scary). From Dog's POV: I want to play with Cat (friendly). Same event, different meanings.

Good responses show how point of view changes what we know and how we feel about events.