Understanding Point of View and Author's Purpose

Free sample questions, a clear explanation, and 5 practice skills with an AI tutor that guides without giving the answer away.

Sample questions

1. When you tell a story about your day, who is telling the story?

○ A. The teacher

✓ B. You

○ C. Your friend

○ D. A book

Answer: B. You — Think about whose voice you hear when you talk.

2. A story starts with, 'I woke up and saw the sun shining!' Who is telling this part of the story?

○ A. The sun

○ B. The reader

✓ C. The person in the story

○ D. The bed

Answer: C. The person in the story — The word 'I' tells you who is speaking.

3. What does 'point of view' mean when we talk about a story?

✓ A. Who is telling the story

○ B. Where the story takes place

○ C. How long the story is

○ D. What the story is about

Answer: A. Who is telling the story — Point of view is all about whose eyes you are seeing the story through.

Define point of view as who is telling the story.
Identify the narrator of a story (e.g., character in the story, outside observer).
Determine the author's purpose for writing a text (to entertain, to inform, to persuade - simple).
Explain how the narrator's point of view might affect how events are described.
Read two short texts about the same event, one from a character's perspective and one from an informational perspective. Discuss how the different points of view change what the reader learns and feels.

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