Point of View: Unit IV Review

Apply the Concepts

1. Which viewpoint or viewpoints allow the reader to "get inside" all of the characters?

 Limited and third person omniscient.

2. In which viewpoint or viewpoints does one of the characters serve as the narrator?

First person

3. From what two viewpoints are anecdotes generally told?

Limited omniscient and first person.

4. Which story in Unit 4 best fits the definition of an autobiographical essay? 

By Any Other Name

5. Most of "The Open Window" is told from which character's perspective?

Framton Nuttle

6. From what viewpoint is "After the Battle" told? How can you tell?

Third person limited

7. Poetry is one of the three standard literary genres. Name the other two.

Prose and Drama

8. In what longer work would one find the story "The Forty Thieves"?

The Arabian Nights

9. From what viewpoint is the story of "The Forty Thieves" told? How can you tell?

Third person omniscient

10. Identify the literary genre of "The Age of Miracles."

Detective Fiction

11. From whose perspective is "The Age of Miracles" told?

Abner's nephew

12. From this unit, which selection is identified as historical fiction?

After the Battle

13. How is an autobiography different from a biography?

Auto is about the author the biography is about someone else.

14. From what viewpoint is "By Any Other Name" told? How can you tell?

First person

15. How does Rau's use of point of view strengthen the theme of her account?

We understand how she feels.

Evaluate the Ideas

Identify each of the following statements as true or false. If false, rewrite the underlined portion of the statement to make it true.

16. Historical fiction can easily be written from any point of view.

True

17. Anecdotes are generally longer than autobiographical essays.

False; shorter

18. Frame stories usually contain a second story within them.

True

19. "The Open Window" contains a point-of-view shift near its ending.

True

20. In "By Any Other Name," the author's attitude toward her surroundings helps the reader identify the genre of the piece.

False; The atmosphere

21. Because the reader understands the characters' motivations, the author of "The Forty Thieves" wants the reader to sympathize with Cassim and his wife.

False; Morgiana

22. The conflict of "After the Battle" is resolved when Bill Ryder carries Dave Joyce to safety.

False; Dave carries Bill to safety.

23. Nonfiction is often written from the first-person point of view.

True

24. When Vera in "The Open Window" asks her visitor whether he knows anything about her aunt, the author is using a type of frame story.

False; Foreshadowing

Write a Response

25. The secondary character builds more suspense than the first character. This is so the reader will want to read the authors story.