Authors POV

Author's perspective is

• The creators of the texts feelings about what they are talking about (viewpoint)

• Who is doing the telling in the text

• The message, lesson, or moral

• What the passage is mostly or mainly about.

When a nonfiction text is written in a FIRSTHAND account it means...

• the narrator or author ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED the event and was part of the action

• the narrator or author was NOT ACTUALLY a part of the event but is just telling about it.

• The text was written with one hand

• The first person to write it got a handshake

This is written in what point of view?

• Secondhand account

• 1st person point of view

• 3rd person point of view

• 2nd person point of view

This is written in what point of view?

• Secondhand account

• 1st person point of view

• 3rd person point of view

• 2nd person point of view

Deer are beautiful creatures.

They are so graceful to watch as

they run through the forest. It's

hard to understand how anyone could do anything to harm these beautiful animals.

What is the author's perspective?

• The author favors deer hunting

• The author thinks there are too many deer

• The author does not favor deer hunting

• The author thinks deer harm the environment

Annabell is writing an essay about her favorite book. She expresses her feelings, beliefs, and opinions about the book's characters and plot. This is known as the author's viewpoint or point of view. True or False?

• True

• False

Deer are beautiful creatures. 
They are so graceful to watch as 
they run through the forest.  It's 
hard to understand how anyone could do anything to harm these beautiful animals.
What is the author's perspective?

• The author favors deer hunting

• The author thinks there are too many deer

• The author does not favor deer hunting

• The author thinks deer harm the environment

What is the definition of Point of View?

• Descriptions of character

• Perspective which a story is told

• Someone taking a picture

• Looking at a view

Nonfiction expresses the writer's unique point of view. What is point of view?

• A writer's perspective about a subject.

• A writer's purpose for writing.

• The sequence of events.

• The place and time that the story occurs.

Narrator's point of view is...

• The creator of the texts feelings about what they are talking about (viewpoint)

• Who is doing the telling in the text

• The message, lesson, or moral

• What the passage is mostly or mainly about.