Point of View

Point of View

Point of view depends on the narrator

• The narrator is the person or being telling the story

• We will only get to know what the narrator knows

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What is a narrator?

• the person or being telling the story

• the place where the story happens

First Person Point of View

• the narrator is a character in the story

• usually the main character

• tells us their own thoughts/feelings

• does not reveal the thoughts/feelings of other characters

• narration will use I, me, we

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First person point of view means the narrator:

• is a character in the story

• is not a character in the story

• reveals their own thoughts and feelings

• reveals the thoughts and feelings of other characters

There are two types of Third Person Point of View

• 1. Third Person Limited

• 2. Third Person Omniscient

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Third Person Point of View includes:

• Limited

• Omniscient

Third Person Limited

• the narrator is not a character in the story

• the narrator is on the outside looking in, telling the reader about what they see

• the narrator knows and reveals the thoughts and feelings of only one character (usually the main character)

• narration will include he, she, they, them

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In Third Person Limited:

(select two)

• the narrator is not in the story

• the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character

• the narrator is a character in the story

• the narrator does not know how to tell the story

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What are some of the pronouns a Third Person Limited narrator will use when talking about the characters and telling the story?

• she

• he

• they

• we

• I

Third Person Omniscient

• the narrator is not a character in the story

• the narrator is on the outside looking in, telling the reader about what they see

• the narrator knows and reveals the thoughts and feelings of more than one character

• narration will include he, she, they, them

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In Third Person Omniscient:

(select two)

• the narrator is not a character in the story

• the narrator tells their own version of the story

• the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of more than one character

• the story is told by several narrators

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What are some of the pronouns a Third Person Omniscient narrator will use when talking about the characters and telling the story?

• she

• he

• they

• we

• I

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Select everything Third Person Limited and Third Person Omniscient have in common:

• the narrator is not a character in the story

• narration includes he, she, they, them

• the narrator knows and reveals the thoughts and feelings of one character

• the narrator knows and reveals the thoughts and feelings of more than one character

• the narrator is on the outside looking in, telling the reader about what they see

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What is the difference between First Person and Third Person point of view?

• In First Person, the narrator is a character in the story. In Third Person, the narrator is not in the story.

• In First Person, the narrator is a character in the story. In Third Person, the narrator is also a character in the story.

• In First Person, the narrator is not a character in the story. In Third Person, the narrator is a character in the story.

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