Quiz Game: Sam's First Home Run

The narrator calls Sam “he” and “him.”

The narrator says, “Sam stepped up to bat.”

The narrator says, “I step up to the plate.”

The narrator talks about Pip chasing the ball.

I felt like my heart would burst.

We were so scared at the plate.

Our team knew we had to win.

He swung the bat, and the ball flew into the sky.

He closed his eyes during the swing.

His first-person point of view focuses only on his own feelings and actions.

Nobody in the crowd was watching the baseball when he hit it.

Pip hid the baseball on purpose to trick him.

It only shows what Frankie feels.

It shows the actions of several characters at the same time.

It uses the pronouns “I,” “me,” and “my” to tell the story.

It hides what happens at the end of the game.

Both first-person and third-person tell the story using the word “I.”

Both first-person and third-person are names for the same kind of narrator.

First-person tells what one character does, and third-person tells only what other characters say.

First-person tells the story from one character’s thoughts and feelings, while third-person tells about many characters.