Point of View

Select the BEST match, one "set" at a time. That means you can select one term from the left side and one definition (or story title) from the right side. Then you'll need to return to the quiz to go to the next match.

Match the term with its definition or the point of view (story:point of view) with its story title.

Terms	Definitions and Story Titles
Point of view Narrator First-person narrator Editorial omniscience Third-person narrator Story: First-person narrator Omniscient narrator Second-person narrator Neutral omniscience Story: Editorial omniscience Story: Third-person selective omniscient narrator Select omniscient narrator (limited omniscient) Story: Stream-of-consciousness combined with selective omniscience Story: second-person narrator Story: First-person narrator Naive narrator (innocent eye) Objective point of view Author Unreliable narrator Stream-of-consciousness	With this third-person narrator, the author usually restricts the narrator to the single perspective of either a major or minor character. uses "I" or "we" and is a major or minor participant in the action. uses "you," thrusting the reader into the story. This third-person narrator allows characters' actions and thoughts to speak for themselves. The teller of a story This third-person point of view employs a narrator who does not see into the mind of any character; the narrator reports action and dialogue without telling us directly what characters feel and think. refers to who tells the story and how it is told. This third person narrator attempts to record mental activity ranging from consciousness to the unconscious, from clear perceptions to confused longings. "Everyday Use" "Marriage is a Private Affair" uses he, she, or they to tell the story and does not participate in the action. "Young Goodman Brown" "A Rose for Emily" A type of first-person narrator: a fictional character whose interpretation of events is different from the author's. It is a mistake to think that the narrative voice of a story is the . . . "Winter Count 1973: Geese, They Flew Over in a Storm" "How to Talk to a Hunter" This first-person narrator lacks the sophistication to interpret accurately what she/he sees. This third-person narrator not only recounts actions and thoughts, but also judges. narrator takes us inside the characters but is not a participant in the story; all-knowing.

Terms

Definitions and Story Titles

Point of view
Narrator
First-person narrator
Editorial omniscience
Third-person narrator
Story: First-person narrator
Omniscient narrator
Second-person narrator
Neutral omniscience
Story: Editorial omniscience
Story: Third-person selective omniscient narrator
Select omniscient narrator (limited omniscient)
Story: Stream-of-consciousness combined with selective omniscience
Story: second-person narrator
Story: First-person narrator
Naive narrator (innocent eye)
Objective point of view
Author
Unreliable narrator
Stream-of-consciousness

With this third-person narrator, the author usually restricts the narrator to the single perspective of either a major or minor character.
uses "I" or "we" and is a major or minor participant in the action.
uses "you," thrusting the reader into the story.
This third-person narrator allows characters' actions and thoughts to speak for themselves.
The teller of a story
This third-person point of view employs a narrator who does not see into the mind of any character; the narrator reports action and dialogue without telling us directly what characters feel and think.
refers to who tells the story and how it is told.
This third person narrator attempts to record mental activity ranging from consciousness to the unconscious, from clear perceptions to confused longings.
"Everyday Use"
"Marriage is a Private Affair"
uses he, she, or they to tell the story and does not participate in the action.
"Young Goodman Brown"
"A Rose for Emily"
A type of first-person narrator: a fictional character whose interpretation of events is different from the author's.
It is a mistake to think that the narrative voice of a story is the . . .
"Winter Count 1973: Geese, They Flew Over in a Storm"
"How to Talk to a Hunter"
This first-person narrator lacks the sophistication to interpret accurately what she/he sees.
This third-person narrator not only recounts actions and thoughts, but also judges.
narrator takes us inside the characters but is not a participant in the story; all-knowing.

Work on identifying the point of view for each of our assigned stories.