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Point of View Practice

Let's practice identifying points of view. For each of the following writing samples,
decide whether the point of view is first person, second person, objective third person,
limited third person, or omniscient third person.
1. You're walking along the street, wondering if you have enough time to stop for an ice
cream cone on the way to your next appointment. It is hot, and you are dreading your
meeting, sd you decide that an ice cream cone might be just the thing to give you a
boost.

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Answer:

Omniscient third person.

Step-by-step explanation:

The omniscient third-person point of view is characterized by a narrator that always knows everything - what is happening, what the characters in the story think and do, he has an answer to any possible question because he is a know-it-all. This perspective in writing is very useful when the storyline is complicated and there is a lot of characters that need to unite that story and all of its events.

In the given example, the narrator not just sees what the character is doing, but also what she is thinking, planning, etc, so it matches the characteristics of the omniscient third-person point of view.

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