Author's Point of View Quiz for 6th Grade with Answers

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🧐 First-Person POV: The narrator is a character in the story and uses pronouns like "I," "me," and "my." You see the story through their eyes.
• 🗣️ Second-Person POV: The narrator speaks directly to the reader using "you." It's less common but can be found in instructions or interactive stories.
• 👁️‍🗨️ Third-Person POV: The narrator is outside the story and refers to characters by name or using pronouns like "he," "she," "it," and "they."
• 💭 Third-Person Limited POV: The narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character.
• omniscience 🧠 Third-Person Omniscient POV: The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters.
• 📝 Author's Purpose: Understanding the author's point of view can help you understand their purpose for writing the story.

Practice Quiz

1. Which point of view uses the pronoun "I"?
   1. First-person
   2. Second-person
   3. Third-person limited
   4. Third-person omniscient
2. In which point of view does the narrator speak directly to the reader?
   1. First-person
   2. Second-person
   3. Third-person limited
   4. Third-person omniscient
3. Which point of view knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters?
   1. First-person
   2. Second-person
   3. Third-person limited
   4. Third-person omniscient
4. If a story is told from the perspective of only one character's thoughts and feelings, it is told from which point of view?
   1. First-person
   2. Second-person
   3. Third-person limited
   4. Third-person omniscient
5. Which point of view uses pronouns such as "he", "she", and "they"?
   1. First-person
   2. Second-person
   3. Third-person
   4. None of the above
6. Reading a diary entry is an example of what point of view?
   1. First-person
   2. Second-person
   3. Third-person
   4. Third-person Omniscient
7. What can understanding the author's point of view help you determine?
   1. The length of the story
   2. The author's purpose
   3. The number of characters
   4. The setting of the story