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Grade 8 Point of View Worksheet with Answers

Grade 8 (US) · Year 9 (UK) · Class 8 (India) · English

Unit 4: Reading LiteraturePoint of View & IronyCCSS RL.8.6

First, second and third person, limited and omniscient narrators, and why point of view matters. This free middle school worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Point of View

Grade 8 · English

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Learning goal: Point of View & Irony · CCSS RL.8.6

Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

Example

First person or third person? 'They climbed the mountain.'

Answer: third person

RememberPoint of view

First personthe narrator is in the storyI, me, my, we, usSecond persontalks to the readeryou, yourThird personan outside narratorhe, she, they, it
Part A

First person or Third person? Tick one box for each.

First personThird person
1She walked to the store.
2We laughed at the joke.
3I walked to the store.
Part B

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 4

    Which point of view uses 'you'?

  2. 5

    What is the difference between the author and the narrator?

  3. 6

    How is a first-person narrator limited?

  4. 7

    Which pronouns show first-person point of view?

  5. 8

    Why might an author tell a story from a villain's point of view?

  6. 9

    Read: 'I hate Mondays. Nobody ever listens to me,' grumbled the cat. Whose point of view is this?

  7. 10

    Third person limited or omniscient? 'Jake wondered what Maria was thinking.'

  8. 11

    What is an unreliable narrator?

  9. 12

    Third person limited or omniscient? 'Jake felt nervous, while Maria secretly hoped he would fail.'

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What has cities but no houses, forests but no trees, and water but no fish?

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  1. 1.third person
  2. 2.first person
  3. 3.first person
  4. 4.second person
  5. 5.the author writes the story; the narrator is the voice telling it
  6. 6.they only know their own thoughts and what they see
  7. 7.I, me, my, we, us
  8. 8.to show the villain's reasons and make readers see another side
  9. 9.the cat's
  10. 10.third person limited
  11. 11.a narrator whose account can't be fully trusted
  12. 12.third person omniscient
  13. ★a map (challenge corner)

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