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Point of View: Assessment #1

1. Starfire Angels by Melanie Nilles :
Raea gasped and scanned the shadows around her. Her crystal pendant glowed faintly like
the aquamarine splotches on the backs and palms of her hands but it all faded to nothing
before she could blink. !mpossible. She couldn"t ha#e seen what she thought she saw.
From what perspective is this passage?:
A. $irst %erson %oint of &iew
'. Second %erson %oint of &iew
(. )hird %erson %oint of &iew
Now read the following sentence from the passage written from a different
perspective:
I gasped and scanned the shadows arond me.
!hat is the new perspective?:
A. $irst %erson %oint of &iew
'. Second %erson %oint of &iew
(. )hird %erson %oint of &iew
". *oliath by Scott +esterfeld:
,!t"ll get much colder as we angle north- .ylan said around a mouthful of his breakfast.
,/ou should both finish your potatoes. )hey"ll keep you warm.- Alek turned ,'ut we"re
already north of )okyo. +hy go out of our way0- He breathed on the window glass
before him.
From what perspective is this passage?:
A. $irst %erson %oint of &iew
'. Second %erson %oint of &iew
(. )hird %erson %oint of &iew
!hich sentence shows Ale#$s point of view?:
A. ,+hy go out of our way0-
'. ,.ylan said around a mouthful of his breakfast-
(. ,!t"ll get much colder as we angle north-
.. ,He breathed on the window glass before him-
%. Ask a Nin1a %resents: )he Nin1a Handbook by the !nternational 2rder of Nin1as:
Remember any tool that you can use against an enemy may also be used against you.
)herefore it is highly recommended that you build a course with your clan to practice
keeping your wits when something is trying to set you off course. /ou can make your
own mini gauntlet to increase your skills in your own backyard.
From what perspective is this passage?:
A. $irst %erson %oint of &iew
'. Second %erson %oint of &iew
(. )hird %erson %oint of &iew
If this passage was written in &hird Person Point of View' what wold the
first sentence loo# li#e?
A. ,Remember any tool that you can use against an enemy may also be used
against you.-
'. ,! had to remember that any tool that ! could use against an enemy could also
be used against me.-
(. ,She had to remember that any tool that she could use against an enemy could
also be used against her.-
(. )o 3ill a Mocking 'ird by Harper 4ee:
+e li#ed on the main residential street in town5Atticus 6em and ! plus (alpurnia our
cook. 6em and ! found our father satisfactory: he played with us read to us and treated us
with courteous detachment. 2ur mother died when ! was two so ! ne#er felt her absence.
She was a *raham from Montgomery7 Atticus met her when he was first elected to the
state legislature.
From what perspective is this passage?:
A. $irst %erson %oint of &iew
'. Second %erson %oint of &iew
(. )hird %erson %oint of &iew
!ho is telling this stor)?
A. A narrator who is not in the story
'. Atticus
(. A character in the story
.. /our teacher