Skills Lesson- Perspective and Narration

There was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs. Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further out-door exercise was now out of the question.
What is the narrator’s point of view?

third-person limited
third-person objective
first-person
third-person omniscient

first person

How does the choice of a narrator, persona, or speaker affect the tone of a text?

The choice determines the tone’s point of view.
The choice determines how the tone develops in the climax.
The choice never impacts the tone(s) in a text.
The choice determines how the audience perceives a given tone.

The choice determines how the audience perceives a given tone

The officers of artillery, in smart blue uniforms faced with black velvet and gold, were solidly banked across one end of the audience hall, with flashing new swords and their gilt-braided hats stiffly held under their arms. From the door of that chamber, around the gallery, down the state staircase, across the grandiose inner court of the palace, and out through the imposing gates to the street, stood a double line of soldiers, with their rifles at present arms. Four regimental bands grouped in one wedged in the crowd. The people of the capital were massed in solid thousands on the Plaza de Armas before the palace.

Source: Reed, John. "Villa Accepts a Medal." Insurgent Mexico. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1914. Google Books. Web. 16 May 2011.

What is the point of view of the excerpt?

third-person limited
first-person
third-person objective
third-person omniscient

third person objective

How does voice impact tone?

It determines the range of attitudes that a text can effectively express.
It helps develop the overall personality in a work.
It allows the author to talk down to the reader without the reader taking offense.
It determines the point of view of the text.

It determines the range of attitudes that a text can effectively express

Which point of view focuses on the thoughts and actions of a single character at a time?

third-person limited
third-person objective
third-person omniscient
second-person limited

third person limited

I must depend on hearsay, on old photographs, on stories told, and on memories which are hazy and mixed with fable in trying to tell you about the Hamiltons. . . . Young Samuel Hamilton came from the north of Ireland and so did his wife. He was the son of small farmers, neither rich nor poor, who had lived on one landhold and in one stone house for many hundreds of years.

Based on the excerpt, what is the point of view of the narrator?

first-person observer only
first-person major character
third-person limited
third-person omniscient

First person observer only

How does voice affect characterization?

Voice and characterization have the same definition.
It is used to deliver all direct and indirect characterization.
It has no impact on the scope of characterization available.
It is what the characters in a text always use to speak to the readers.

It is used to deliver all direct and indirect characterization

The Salinas Valley is in Northern California. It is a long narrow swale between two ranges of mountains, and the Salinas River winds and twists up the center until it falls at last into Monterey Bay.

I remember my childhood names for grasses and secret flowers. I remember where a toad may live and what time the birds awaken in the summer—and what trees and seasons smelled like—how people looked and walked and smelled even. The memory of odors is very rich.

Source: Steinbeck, John. East of Eden. New York: Penguin Group, 1952. Google Books. Web. 16 May 2011.

What is the narrator’s point of view?

third-person omniscient
third-person limited
third-person objective
first-person

first person

Which point of view acts like a camera and reveals only what can be physically observed through seeing or hearing?

third-person limited
third-person objective
first-person
third-person omniscient

third person objective

Which statement about the author’s persona is true?

The author’s persona is a created personality distinct from the author.
The author’s persona is the same as the author.
The author is based on the author’s persona in a text.
The author’s persona in a text is always based on the author.

The author’s persona is created personality distinct from the author.

Which point of view uses the pronouns "he," "she," and "they"?

third-person omniscient
third-person limited
third-person objective
all but first-person

all but first person

What is literary tone?

the overall presence of a personality behind the text
the attitude that the author, narrator, or speaker has toward the subject or the reader
the first-person narrator or speaker that has a personality distinct from the author’s real-life personality
the process of conveying information about a character

The attitude that the author, narrator, or speaker has toward the subject or the reader

The narrator of a poem is known as the __________.

implied author
persona
speaker
voice

speaker

In which point of view does the narrator have access to, and describe, the thoughts, feelings, and actions of all the characters in the story?

first-person
third-person objective
third-person limited
third-person omniscient

third person omnicient