https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/9th-grade-reading-vocabulary-indiana/x068d7167a2598a90:crossing-the-line-9-indiana/x068d7167a2598a90:determining-point-of-view-9-indiana/v/g9-g10-hidden-viewpoints-pov 2025-07-09T15:29:43.545527646Z Identifying "hidden" viewpoints You ever see one of those videos where you think you're looking at a shoe, and someone takes a knife to it and it's actually cake? This is like that: when an author tries to pass off one kind of text as another, disguising an argumentative text as an informational one. Shoes disguised as cake! David Rheinstrom video https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka_thumbnails_cache/fae282b8-6621-47b1-9d04-90d95c5dea98_1280_720_base.png Identifying "hidden" viewpoints You ever see one of those videos where you think you're looking at a shoe, and someone takes a knife to it and it's actually cake? This is like that: when an author tries to pass off one kind of text as another, disguising an argumentative text as an informational one. Shoes disguised as cake! https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/K_3u0e3XwCQ.mp4/K_3u0e3XwCQ.mp4 301 Determining point of view https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/9th-grade-reading-vocabulary-indiana/x068d7167a2598a90:crossing-the-line-9-indiana/x068d7167a2598a90:determining-point-of-view-9-indiana/a/the-way-i-see-it-analyzing-an-authors-point-of-view-9 2026-05-21T11:40:40.471298507Z Determining an author’s point of view | Guided practice Learn how to analyze an author's point of view. article https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/9th-grade-reading-and-vocabulary/xd45453bfd2ae8614:craft-and-structure-9/xd45453bfd2ae8614:determining-point-of-view-9/a/the-way-they-see-it-analyzing-characters-points-of-view-9 2026-05-21T11:40:40.471298507Z Analyzing a character's point of view | Guided practice Learn how to identify and analyze a character's point of view. article https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/9th-grade-reading-and-vocabulary/xd45453bfd2ae8614:craft-and-structure-9/xd45453bfd2ae8614:determining-point-of-view-9/v/changes-in-pov-and-dramatic-irony-reading 2025-10-28T18:00:45.141756446Z Changes in point of view and dramatic irony When we analyze the perspectives of storytellers—whether that’s a point of view character, an omniscient narrator, or a narrator that attaches closely to multiple perspectives—we can understand the way that an author is controlling the flow of information. Who knows what, when? And what does that tell us? David Rheinstrom video https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka_thumbnails_cache/bdc3fb7f-15a1-42ce-9e7a-acc2987132c0_1280_720_base.png Changes in point of view and dramatic irony When we analyze the perspectives of storytellers—whether that’s a point of view character, an omniscient narrator, or a narrator that attaches closely to multiple perspectives—we can understand the way that an author is controlling the flow of information. Who knows what, when? And what does that tell us? https://cdn.kastatic.org/ka-youtube-converted/lRoFaux2V_g.mp4/lRoFaux2V_g.mp4 295 Determining point of view https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/9th-grade-reading-and-vocabulary/xd45453bfd2ae8614:craft-and-structure-9/xd45453bfd2ae8614:determining-point-of-view-9/e/point-of-view-9 2026-05-21T11:40:40.471298507Z Point of view Practice identifying point of view Heather M. Meston exercise