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When an author writes a story,
the author chooses a
point of view. |
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Read each passage.
Is it written in the 1st person or 3rd person point of view?
"Sock's throat throbbed with purrs. He was
especially happy when he could interrupt her work
on the papers that she typed for students."
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1st Person
3rd Person
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"An
invisible hand grabbed me and pulled me off
the ladder.
I landed on my back on the gym floor with an
'Oooof!' My head made a loud
THUD as it banged the floorboards."
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1st Person
3rd Person
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"Henry Huggins had a lot of good ideas that fall
when he first had his paper route, but somehow
his ideas had a way of not turning out as he had
planned. Something always went wrong."
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1st Person
3rd Person
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"She
ran out the door and down the steps. Lottie
barked and followed her. Nick was older than
Lottie. He stayed on the porch and watched."
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1st Person
3rd Person
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"It
was a rhyme my mother used to whisper to me
when I was a little girl. I could almost hear Mom's
soft voice, a voice I haven't heard since I was
five..."
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1st Person
3rd Person
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 Remember: |
Authors write in 1st person or 3rd person point of view. |
Click on
the books to return to the lesson.
* Socks by
Beverly Cleary
** The Haunted School by R. L. Stine
*** Henry Huggins by Beverly Cleary
**** Caleb's Story by Patricia Maclachlan
***** Beware, the Snowman by R. L. Stine
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