Narrator and Voice

The Narrator and Voice

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

The Narrator

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

1. THE NARRATOR IS NOT THE CHARACTER IN THE STORY

2. ALMOST NEVER REFERS TO HIMSELF OR HERSELF DIRECTLY.

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​oMNISCIENT pOINT OF vIEW

1. OMNISCIENT MEANS "ALL KNOWING"

2. IS ABLE TO TELL US EVERYTHING ABOUT EVERY CHARACTER

3. INCLUDING HOW ONE THINKS AND FEELS

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​oMNISCIENT pOINT OF vIEW

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

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Third Person Limited

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.

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Third Person Limited

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

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​FIRST PERSON NARRATOR

​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

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

​FIRST PERSON NARRATOR

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

​FIRST PERSON NARRATOR--The Unreliable narrator

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

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

Multiple Select

What are the three main types of narrator?

• First person,

• Omniscient

• Second person limited point of view

• Third person limited point of view

Multiple Choice

What is omniscient point of view?

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

Multiple Choice

First person point of view means...

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

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

• The story is told from the perspective of multiple characters

Multiple Choice

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

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

Multiple Choice

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

• Metaphor
• Simile
• Tone
• Alliteration

Multiple Choice

How can one tell the writer's voice?

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