AP Lit Final Review

1st Person POV possible comment:

• The effect of the particular character being chosen to see into; How we get information about a character that the character would not choose to reveal if he were narrating

• How relying on only outside observations increases complexity

• The effect of this character being chosen to narrate; the significance of the fact that the character has chosen to reveal certain info about himself

• How having access to multiple characters' thoughts increases complexity; Information we get about characters that the character would not choose to reveal if he were narrating

3rd Person POV Omniscient possible comments:

• How having access to multiple characters' thoughts increases complexity; Information we get about characters that the character would not choose to reveal if he were narrating

• The effect of the particular character being chosen to see into; How we get information about a character that the character would not choose to reveal if he were narrating

• How relying on only outside observations increases complexity

• The effect of this character being chosen to narrate; the significance of the fact that the character has chosen to reveal certain info about himself

3rd Person POV Limited Omniscient

• The effect of the particular character being chosen to see into; How we get information about a character that the character would not choose to reveal if he were narrating

• How having access to multiple characters' thoughts increases complexity; Information we get about characters that the character would not choose to reveal if he were narrating

• The effect of this character being chosen to narrate; the significance of the fact that the character has chosen to reveal certain info about himself

• How relying on only outside observations increases complexity

3rd Person POV Objective

• The effect of this character being chosen to narrate; the significance of the fact that the character has chosen to reveal certain info about himself

• The effect of the particular character being chosen to see into; How we get information about a character that the character would not choose to reveal if he were narrating

• How relying on only outside observations increases complexity

• How having access to multiple characters' thoughts increases complexity; Information we get about characters that the character would not choose to reveal if he were narrating

1st Person POV possible bias:

• May have a more unbiased view of all characters involved

• May be trying to make self look better; may have bias toward or against other characters

• May have a more unbiased view of POV character but has no access to other characters' thoughts

• May have a more unbiased view of characters but has no insights about their actual thoughts

3rd Person Omniscient possible bias:

• May have a more unbiased view of characters but has no insights about their actual thoughts

• May have a more unbiased view of POV character but has no access to other characters' thoughts

• May have a more unbiased view of all characters involved

• May be trying to make self look better; may have bias toward or against other characters

3rd Person POV Limited Omniscient possible bias:

• May have a more unbiased view of all characters involved

• May have a more unbiased view of POV character but has no access to other characters' thoughts

• May be trying to make self look better; may have bias toward or against other characters

• May have a more unbiased view of characters but has no insights about their actual thoughts

3rd Person POV Objective possible bias:

• May have a more unbiased view of characters but has no insights about their actual thoughts

• May have a more unbiased view of POV character but has no access to other characters' thoughts

• May have a more unbiased view of all characters involved

• May be trying to make self look better; may have bias toward or against other characters

Definition: Narrator is a character within story. Narrating character is choosing what information about self and other characters to reveal.

• 3rd Person Objective POV

• 3rd Person Limited Omniscient POV

• 3rd Person Omniscient POV

• 1st Person POV

Definition: Narrator is outside story and has access to all characters' thoughts and is choosing what thoughts of and information about multiple characters to reveal

• 3rd Person Objective POV

• 3rd Person Omniscient Limited POV

• 3rd Person Omniscient POV

• 1st Person POV