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Narrator and Voice

Narrator and Voice

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10th Grade

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Alfonso Guerrero

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13 Slides • 6 Questions

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The Narrator and Voice

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The Narrator

When you read a story, you hear someone--that is the narrator--telling the story.
The narrator controls everything we know about characters and events

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The Narrator

THere are three main types of Narrators or points of view
1. omniscient
2. first person
3. third person

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  1. THE NARRATOR IS NOT THE CHARACTER IN THE STORY

  2. ALMOST NEVER REFERS TO HIMSELF OR HERSELF DIRECTLY.

oMNISCIENT pOINT OF vIEW

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  1. OMNISCIENT MEANS "ALL KNOWING"

  2. IS ABLE TO TELL US EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERY CHARACTER

  3. INCLUDING HOW ONE THINKS AND FEELS

oMNISCIENT pOINT OF vIEW

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​The story teller zooms in on just one character but talks about the character in third person, using he or she.

Third Person Limited

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  1. ​WE only share one character's reaction to everything that happens in the story.

  2. what we know about the other characters are limited.

Third Person Limited

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A character in the story who talks to us, using I , the first-person pronoun.

FIRST PERSON NARRATOR

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​1. We get a personal view of what is happening.
2. BUT we know only what he or she thinks and experiences or...
3. Chooses to tell us.

FIRST PERSON NARRATOR

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​Always question whether a first-person narrative is credible, or can be trusted.

FIRST PERSON NARRATOR

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​can be biased and does not or cannot tell the truth.

FIRST PERSON NARRATOR--The Unreliable narrator

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  1. is the attitude a speaker or writer takes toward a subject, character, or audience.

  2. refers to the writer's language and overall style.

  3. created by tone and choice of words.

Tone

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  1. Usually the narrator's voice remains the same from work to work.

  2. can affect our view of characters and plot events.

  3. shape the tone of the story as a whole.

Tone

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Multiple Select

What are the three main types of narrator?

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First person,

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Omniscient

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Second person limited point of view

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Third person limited point of view

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Multiple Choice

What is omniscient point of view?

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A perspective where the narrator knows only one character's thoughts, feelings, and emotions
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A perspective where the narrator knows all the characters' thoughts, feelings, and emotions
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A perspective where the narrator does not know any character's thoughts, feelings, and emotions
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A perspective where the narrator knows only two characters' thoughts, feelings, and emotions

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Multiple Choice

First person point of view means...

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The story is told from the perspective of a character in the story using "I"

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The story is told from the perspective of the author
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The story is told from the perspective of an outsider using "he/she"

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The story is told from the perspective of multiple characters

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Multiple Choice

With third-person-limited the narrator shares...

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Only the thoughts and feelings of one character
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The thoughts and feelings of all characters
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Only the thoughts and feelings of the protagonist
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The thoughts and feelings of the antagonist

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Multiple Choice

The attitude a speaker or writer takes toward a subject, character, or audience is known as...

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Metaphor
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Simile
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Tone
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Alliteration

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Multiple Choice

How can one tell the writer's voice?

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By the writer's handwriting
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By the writer's choice of words, tone, and style
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By the writer's nationality
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By the writer's age
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