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Point of View

The point of view used in this passage is third person limited.

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The Long Walk to Freedom (an excerpt)

(Nelson Mandela)
When I was not much more than a newborn child, my father was involved
in a dispute that deprived him of his chieftainship at Mvezo and revealed a
strain in his character I believe he passed on to his son. I maintain that
nurture, rather than nature, is the primary molder of personality, but my
father possessed a proud rebelliousness, a stubborn sense of fairness that I
recognize in myself. As a chief— or headman, as it was often known among
the whites — my father was compelled to account for his stewardship not
only to the Thembu king but to the local magistrate.
One day one of my father’s subjects lodged a complaint against him
involving an ox that had strayed from its owner. The magistrate accordingly
sent a message ordering my father to appear before him. When my father
received the summons, he sent back the following reply: “Andizi, ndisaqula”
(I will not come, I am still girding for battle). One did not defy magistrates in
those days. Such behavior would be regarded as the height of insolence —
and in this case it was.
My father’s response bespoke his belief that the magistrate had no
legitimate power over him. When it came to tribal matters, he was guided
not by the laws of the king of England, but by Thembu custom. This
defiance was not a fit of pique, but a matter of principle. He was asserting
his traditional prerogative as a chief and was challenging the authority of
the magistrate.
When the magistrate received my father’s response, he promptly charged
him with insubordination. There was no inquiry or investigation; that was
reserved for white civil servants.
The magistrate simply deposed my father, thus ending the Mandela family
chieftainship. I was unaware of these events at the time, but I was not
unaffected. My father, who was a wealthy nobleman by the standards of his
time, lost both his fortune and his title. He was deprived of most of his herd
and land, and the revenue that came with them. Because of our straitened
circumstances, my mother moved to Qunu, a slightly larger village north of
Mvezo, where she would have the support of friends and relations. We lived
in a less grand style in Qunu, but it was in that village near Umtata that I
spent the happiest years of my boyhood and whence I trace my earliest
memories.

1. Who is narrating? What point of view is used?


2. What elements of fiction are present in the narrative? List them down and
cite the sample lines from the text to support your answer.
3. What type of creative nonfiction work do you think is the above excerpt?
What makes you say so?
1. In what point of view is the story written from the perspective of
“you?”
A. Third Person Omniscient C. First Person
B. Third Person Limited D. Second Person

2. In what point of view does the narrator use pronouns such as 'I' and
'me?'
A. First Person C. Second Person
B. Third Person Omniscient D. Third Person
Limited

3. Identify the point of view of the excerpt from The Hunger Games:
A pain stabs my left temple and I press my hand against it. Right on
the spot where Johanna Mason hit me with the coil of wire. The
memories swirl as I try to sort out what is true and what is false.
A. Second Person C. Third Person Omniscient
B. First person D. Third Person Limited

4. Identify the point of view: Once you have the cake in the oven, start to
make the whipped cream frosting. Combine whipping cream,
powdered sugar, and food color in a small mixer bowl. Make sure you
add just a small amount of food color.
A. First Person C. Third Person Limited
B. Second person D. Third Person Objective

5. Identify the point of view: Make sure to wash your hands before
forming the batter into different shapes. Germs can spread easily,
especially when cooking, and it is important to stay clean and healthy.
A. Third Person Limited C. Third Person Omniscient
B. Third Person Objective D. Second Person
6. In what point of view is the story written from the perspective of
“you?”
C. Third Person Omniscient C. First Person
D. Third Person Limited D. Second Person

7. In what point of view does the narrator use pronouns such as 'I' and
'me?'
C. First Person C. Second Person
D. Third Person Omniscient D. Third Person
Limited

8. Identify the point of view of the excerpt from The Hunger Games:
A pain stabs my left temple and I press my hand against it. Right on
the spot where Johanna Mason hit me with the coil of wire. The
memories swirl as I try to sort out what is true and what is false.
C. Second Person C. Third Person Omniscient
D. First person D. Third Person Limited

9. Identify the point of view: Once you have the cake in the oven, start to
make the whipped cream frosting. Combine whipping cream,
powdered sugar, and food color in a small mixer bowl. Make sure you
add just a small amount of food color.
C. First Person C. Third Person Limited
D. Second person D. Third Person Objective

10. Identify the point of view: Make sure to wash your hands before
forming the batter into different shapes. Germs can spread easily,
especially when cooking, and it is important to stay clean and healthy.
C. Third Person Limited C. Third Person Omniscient
D. Third Person Objective D. Second Person

11. Mary went downstairs. There was an aroma in the air. The table
was set with warm blueberry muffins, freshly squeezed orange juice,
and brewed coffee. A note was left on the table. It said, "Dear Mary,
Have a great day. Good Luck at your new job. Love, Dan" Next to the
note there was a wrapped present with a bow on top.
A. 1st person b. 2nd person c. 3rd person

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