Point of View
This point of view uses “I,” “me,” and “my.”
What is first person?
A commercial that tries to convince you to buy something has this purpose.
What is to persuade?
The most important point the author wants to share in a paragraph or passage.
What is the main idea?
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
This punctuation ends a question.
What is a question mark?
This point of view speaks directly to the reader using “you.”
What is second person?
A textbook about planets is written for this purpose.
What is to inform?
These are facts or examples that explain or prove the main idea.
What are supporting details?
This part of speech shows action or state of being.
What is a verb?
These go around the exact words someone says.
What are quotation marks?
This point of view uses “he,” “she,” or “they” and is not a character in the story.
What is third person?
A funny comic strip in the newspaper is meant to do this.
What is to entertain?
If the main idea is “Dogs make great pets,” this would be a supporting detail.
What is “They are loyal and easy to train”?
This describes a noun and often tells what kind or how many.
What is an adjective?
This punctuation ends a strong feeling or exclamation.
What is an exclamation mark?
In this point of view, the narrator knows the thoughts of all the characters.
What is third person omniscient?
A how-to book that gives directions for building a birdhouse serves this purpose.
What is to inform?
The best way to find the main idea of a passage is to look for this.
What is what all the details are about?
This part of speech describes a verb, often ending in “-ly.”
What is an adverb?
This punctuation separates items in a list.
What is a comma?
The narrator is a character in the story and tells it from their perspective.
What is first person?
The author writes a speech trying to convince people to vote for them.
What is to persuade?
This part of a nonfiction text often gives clues about the main idea.
What is the title or heading?
In the sentence, “The red bird sang loudly,” this is the adverb.
What is loudly?
This punctuation is used between two complete sentences with no conjunction.
What is a semicolon?