Examples of First Person Narrative in Children's Literature

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🙋 First-person narration uses pronouns like "I," "me," "my," and "mine."
• 📖 The narrator is a character *within* the story.
• 🗣️ We only know the thoughts and feelings of the narrator.
• 👧👦 It creates a sense of intimacy and immediacy, drawing the reader closer to the character's experiences.
• ✨ It can be limited (narrator only knows their own experiences) or unreliable (narrator's perception is biased or flawed).

✍️ Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following is a key characteristic of first-person narration?
   1. The narrator knows everything about all the characters.
   2. The story is told using "he," "she," and "they."
   3. The narrator is a character in the story.
   4. The reader knows the thoughts of all characters.
2. In first-person narration, whose perspective do we primarily experience?
   1. The author's.
   2. The narrator's.
   3. The reader's.
   4. All the characters'.
3. Which pronoun is most commonly used in first-person narration?
   1. He
   2. She
   3. I
   4. They
4. What effect does first-person narration typically have on the reader?
   1. It creates distance between the reader and the story.
   2. It makes the story feel less personal.
   3. It draws the reader closer to the narrator's experiences.
   4. It confuses the reader.
5. Which of the following is a potential limitation of first-person narration?
   1. The narrator is always completely reliable.
   2. The reader knows everything that is happening in the story.
   3. The narrator's perspective might be biased or limited.
   4. The story is always objective.
6. In a story using first-person, if the narrator says, "I felt a shiver run down my spine," what can we conclude?
   1. All the characters felt a shiver.
   2. The narrator is probably cold or scared.
   3. The author is cold or scared.
   4. The reader should also feel a shiver.
7. Which of these sentences is an example of first-person narration?
   1. She walked down the street.
   2. They laughed at the joke.
   3. I love to read books.
   4. He enjoyed playing soccer.