- English Language Arts and Reading
- Grade 3
- Author's purpose and craft
identify the use of literary devices, including first- or third-person point of view;
Read multiple texts with students and ask students to examine who is speaking or telling the story and how it helps the reader determine if the text is written in first- or third-person Have students read two texts with a partner and determine which text is written in first-person and which is in third-person.
This assessment example requires students to understand that an author may choose to write in first-person when the author wants the reader to experience the plot through the main character’s point of view or third-person when the author wants the reader to experience the plot through the narrator’s point of view.