Which two points of view are used in this excerpt from “Games at Twilight” by Anita Desai? It then occurred to him that he could
have slipped out long ago, dashed across the yard to the veranda, and touched the “den.” It was necessary to do that to win. He had forgotten. He had only remembered the part of hiding and trying to elude the seeker. He had done that so successfully, his success had occupied him so wholly, that he had quite forgotten that success had to be clinched by that final dash to victory and the ringing cry of “Den!” With a whimper he burst through the crack, fell on his knees, got up, and stumbled on stiff, benumbed legs across the shadowy yard, crying heartily by the time he reached the veranda so that when he flung himself at the white pillar and bawled, “Den! Den! Den!” his voice broke with rage and pity at the disgrace of it all, and he felt himself flooded with tears and misery. Out on the lawn, the children stopped chanting. They all turned to stare at him in amazement. Their faces were pale and triangular in the dusk. The trees and bushes around them stood inky and sepulchral, spilling long shadows across them. They stared, wondering at his reappearance, his passion, his wild animal howling. third-person omniscient
second person
third-person limited
first person
cognates are recognizable words in other languages. They look very similar to their counterpart in English. if you look at the words spelling and use context clues it's pretty easy to guess what they mean
Activating background knowledge. Research has shown that better comprehension occurs when students are engaged in activities that bridge their old knowledge with the new. ...
The purpose of sharing their feelings in the evening meal is so they will understand what the person felt and give them advice on how to stop negative feeling and make them understand that it’s ok to feel bad but help them get through it.
