Name That Point of View
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What is second person?
The term for the most important idea about a topic that a writer or speaker conveys. It can be the most important idea of an entire work or of just a smaller section of the text. This idea can be expressed in a topic sentence, an implied idea, or suggested by details. It is typically supported by key details.
What is central idea or main idea?
What is author's purpose?
10. Which two details from the passage develop the narrator's point of view?
A. "I wanted to walk straight on through the red grass and over the edge of the world, which could not be very far away." (paragraph 2)
B. "I like to have him come out and watch me when I'm at work." (paragraph 6)
C. "I turned back the papery triangular sheaths that protected the berries and ate a few." (paragraph 8)
D. "I kept as still as I could." (paragraph 8)
E. "I was something that lay under the sun and felt it, like the pumpkins, and I did not want ot be anything more." (paragraph 8)
What is A. "I wanted to walk straight on through the red grass and over the edge of the world, which could not be very far away." (paragraph 2) and E. "I was something that lay under the sun and felt it, like the pumpkins, and I did not want ot be anything more." (paragraph 8)?
The term used to refer to how a writer chooses to narrate a story.
What is point of view?
On Thursday, we went to the store. My brother annoyed everyone. He screamed the whole time we were there.
What is first person?
5. Part A: Which phrase states why both authors wrote the passages?
A. to explain benefits of tagging technology
B. to describe the animals affected by tagging
C. to highlight how long tagging has been used
D. to show types of scientists who use tagging
What is A. to explain benefits of tagging technology?
2. Which statement describes how each passage presents information about tagging?
A. Passage 1 focuses on location, but Passage 2 relates location to eating habits.
B. Passage 1 focuses on a specific animal, but Passage 2 discusses a variety of animals.
C. Passage 1 provides a history of tagging, but Passage 2 explains a specific use of tagging data.
D. Passage 1 discusses the future of tagging, but Passage 2 emphasizes more traditional tagging.
What is C. Passage 1 provides a history of tagging, but Passage 2 explains a specific use of tagging data?
9. In paragraph 2, what does the narrator mean by "the world ended here"?
A. He feels a sense of openness in his new environment.
B. He thinks he will stay on the farm for the rest of his life.
C. He feels a sense of dread about having to live with his grandparents.
D. He worries he might get lost because the farm is large and looks unfamiliar.
What is A. He feels a sense of openness in his new environment?
13. Part A: By the end of the passage, what significant change has occurred within the narrator?
A. He has begun to feel at home on the farm.
B. He has come to love his grandmother more.
C. He has decided that animals are an important part of nature.
D. He has gained confidence that he can do hard work with his hands.
What is A. He has begun to feel at home on the farm?
If a writer wants to express the thoughts and opinions of more than one character or to include not only a characters' thoughts, feelings and opinions, but also the narrator's thoughts, feelings and opinions, the writer would most likely use this point of view.
What is third person?
5. Part B: Which sentence from the passage supports the answer in Part A?
A. "Scientists have been tagging wild animals for hundreds of years." (Passage 1, paragraph 1)
B. "Indeed, it's the type of tag that Maxwell Joseph of the University of Colorado uses." (Passage 1, paragraph 4)
C. "Each tag that he straps onto a leopard frog costs about $150." (Passage 1, paragraph 4)
D. "By combining tag data with oceanographic data, we get to see how animals perceive the ocean, and that provides some amazing insights." (Passage 2, paragraph 12)
What is D. "By combining tag data with oceanographic data, we get to see how animals perceive the ocean, and that provides some amazing insights." (Passage 2, paragraph 12)?
4. Part A: What is the central idea of both passages?
A. Tagging provides important information about animals.
B. Tagging some animals is better than tagging others.
C. Tagging has changed quite a bit over time.
D. Tagging happens all over the world.
What is A. Tagging provides important information about animals?
8. Read the first sentence from the passage.
“I can remember exactly how the country looked to me as I walked beside my grandmother along the faint wagon-tracks on that early September morning.” (paragraph 1)
Which two important ideas does this sentence introduce?
A. the time of day in which the narrator arrives
B. the temperature outside when the narrator arrives
C. how nervous the narrator was the meet his grandmother
D. how significant coming to the country was for the narrator
E. the fact that the narrator is thinking about events from his past
What is D. how significant coming to the country was for the narrator
and E. the fact that the narrator is thinking about events from his past?
13. Part B: How does the passage show the change selected in Part A?
A. by showing the narrator helping his grandmother dig potatoes
B. by describing the narrator's feelings about his grandmother after she leaves
C. by showing the narrator lying contentedly on the ground "like the pumpkins" (paragraph 8)
D. by describing the narrator's observations of grasshoppers "doing acrobatic feats" and bugs forming "squadrons" (paragraph 8)
What is C. by showing the narrator lying contentedly on the ground "like the pumpkins" (paragraph 8)?
If a writer wants to deeply explore the character’s personality through his or her own words that reveal thoughts, feelings, and reactions to the events that occur in the story, the writer would most likely use this point of view. When done well, the reader feels a sense of connection to the character and becomes deeply invested in the plot of the story.
What is first person?
3. Read this sentence from Passage 2.
"By combining tag data with oceanographic data, we get to see how animals perceive the ocean, and that provides some amazing insights." (paragraph 12)
Which word or phrase could replace the word perceive as used in this sentence?
A. sail
B. sense
C. ride on
D. swim through
What is B. sense?
4. Part B: Which two quotations from the passage support your answer in Part A? Select a quotation from each passage.
A. "Once released back into the wild, that animal might wear its nametag for a decade..." (Passage 1, paragraph 1)
B. "Indeed, it's the type of tag that Maxwell Joseph of the University of Colorado uses." (Passage 1, paragraph 4)
C. "This ability allows experts to map the critter's travels and hideouts." (Passage 1, paragraph 5)
D. "Jeffrey Polovina is a scientist with NOAA's Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center in Honolulu..." (Passage 2, paragraph 9)
E. "The tracking data from the tags show how animals navigate through and around these features." (Passage 2, paragraph 10)
What is C. "This ability allows experts to map the critter's travels and hideouts." (Passage 1, paragraph 5) and E. "The tracking data from the tags show how animals navigate through and around these features." (Passage 2, paragraph 10)?
11. Part A: Which pair of words best describes the grandmother?
A. strict and powerful
B. worried and fearful
C. relaxed and humorous
D. observant and protective
What is D. observant and protective?
12. Part A: What is the central idea of the passage?
A. Wild creatures do not pose a danger to humans.
B. Young people can learn much from older people.
C. Happiness can be found in simply enjoying nature.
D. Moving to a new home means making hard choices.
What is C. Happiness can be found in simply enjoying nature?
When a writer wants to put the reader in the action of the story, the writer would most likely use this point of view.
What is second person?
1. In Passage 1, the author introduces the idea of tagging in paragraph 1. What new information does paragraph 4 add?
A. how animals are tagged
B. someone who tags animals
C. how much tags have changed
D. where animals are being tagged
What is B. someone who tags animals?
6. Select the passage that each phrase applies to. Some phrases may apply to both passages.
1. Specific eating habits of tagged Burmese pythons
A. Passage 1 Only B. Both Passages C. Passage 2 Only
2. Specific information about tagged loggerhead turtles
A. Passage 1 Only B. Both Passages C. Passage 2 Only
3. The fact that tags can be used in combination with satellites
A. Passage 1 Only B. Both Passages C. Passage 2 Only
4. The fact that tagging can be applied to animals that live in or near water
A. Passage 1 Only B. Both Passages C. Passage 2 Only
What is:
1. A. Passage 1 Only
2. C. Passage 2 Only
3. B. Both Passages
4. B. Both Passages ?
11. Part B: Which two sentences from the passage support the response in Part A?
A. "She peered down at me from under her sunbonnet." (paragraph 4)
B. "The big yellow and brown ones won't hurt you; they're bull-snakes and help to keep the gophers down." (paragraph 6)
C. "He takes a chicken once in awhile, but I won't let the men harm him." (paragraph 6)
D. "Grandmother swung the bag of potatoes over her shoulder and went down the path, leaning forward a little." (paragraph 7)
E. "The road followed the windings of the draw; when she came to the first bend, she waved at me and disappeared." (paragraph 7)
What is B. "The big yellow and brown ones won't hurt you; they're bull-snakes and help to keep the gophers down." (paragraph 6) and C. "He takes a chicken once in awhile, but I won't let the men harm him." (paragraph 6)?
12. Part B: Which statement supports the central idea of the passage?
A. The grandmother speaks kindly about the animals on the farm.
B. The grandmother passes on wisdom when speaking to the narrator.
C. The narrator uses descriptive language when discussing his surroundings.
D. The narrator uses precise details to describe the activities through the course of the day.
What is C. The narrator uses descriptive language when discussing his surroundings?