POV and Irony Notes

Point of View and Irony in literature

What is point of view?
What is irony?
How can the difference between audience and character POV affect the understanding of a situation or story?

Essential Questions

1. Who is the narrator?

   1. the person telling the story

2. How much information the narrator knows about various characters.

​There are 5 types of POV.

What is point of view

FIRST PERSON

• THE NARRATOR IS A CHARACTER IN THE STORY

  • Pronouns used (outside of dialogue): I, me, we, us

SECOND PERSON

• THE NARRATOR TALKS TO THE READER AS IF THEY ARE A CHARACTER WITHIN THE STORY

  • Pronouns used (outside of dialogue): you, your

• The narrator does not know any characters' thoughts or feelings.

OBJECTIVE

THIRD PERSON

THE NARRATOR IS NOT A CHARACTER IN THE STORY BUT AN OUTSIDER LOOKING IN ON THE CHARACTERS' LIVES.

• The narrator knows ONE character's thoughts and feelings.

LIMITED

• The narrator knows many characters' thoughts and feelings.

OMNICIENT

​uses pronouns (outside of dialogue) such as:
he, him, his, she, her, hers, they, them, theirs

• When someone says the opposite of what they mean.

VERBAL

IRONY

• When something opposite of what is expected happens

SITUATIONAL

• When the audience knows something a character does not know

DRAMATIC

Match

Match the following

• First person
• Third Objective
• Third Limited
• Third Omnicient
• Second person

Narrator is a character in the story

Narrator knows no character's thoughts

Narrator knows one characters' thoughts

Knows multiple characters' thoughts

Narrator addresses the reader directly

• Narrator is a character in the story

• Narrator knows no character's thoughts

• Narrator knows one characters' thoughts

• Knows multiple characters' thoughts

• Narrator addresses the reader directly

Multiple Choice

What is verbal irony?

• what is said is different than what is meant

• the audience knows something a character doesn't know.

• what happens is the opposite of what is expected

Multiple Choice

Situational irony is when

• what is said is the opposite of what is meant

• the audience knows something the character doesn't

• what happens is the opposite of what is expected

Multiple Choice

Dramatic irony is when

• what is said is different than what is meant

• the audience knows something the character doesn't

• what happens is the opposite of what is expected

Multiple Choice

A mean old man ate a large meal at a restaurant. The waitress tried to provide him with excellent service, but every time she brought him a dish, he complained. First he thought that the soup was too cold when it was hot. Then he said that his steak was dry and chewy, when it was moist and succulent. Then he complained that one of her blonde hairs was in his mashed potatoes, but the hair was actually grey like his own. She remained patient and continued to try to help him until the end of the meal, when he left her a quarter for a tip. She replied on his way out, “Thank you for the generous tip, Mister.”

• Situational Irony

• Verbal Irony

• Dramatic Irony

Multiple Choice

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

Multiple Choice

What is first person point of view?

• The story is from the perspective of the reader or “you”.

• The first person to point at the view

• A character within the story tells their own experience of thoughts.

• The story is told from the view of someone watching from outside of the story.

Multiple Choice

What is second person point of view?

• The story is from the perspective of the reader or “you”.

• The second person to point at the view

• A character within the story tells their own experience of thoughts.

• The story is told from the view of someone watching from outside of the story.

Multiple Choice

What is third person point of view?

• The story is from the perspective of the reader or “you”.

• The third person to point at the view

• A character within the story tells their own experience of thoughts.

• The story is told from the view of someone watching from outside of the story.

Multiple Choice

What is the point of view: "Mike was very tall and has short black hair. He likes to play soccer. His favorite food is ice cream."

• First person POV

• Second person POV

• Third person POV

• Fourth person POV

Multiple Choice

What is the point of view: I love pizza. It is my favorite food!

• First person POV

• Second person POV

• Third person POV

• Fourth person POV

Multiple Choice

What is the point of view: You should tell the truth.

• First person POV

• Second Person POV

• Third Person POV

• Fourth person POV

Multiple Choice

“It all began when Ms. Frizzle showed our class a film strip about the human body.  We knew trouble was about to start, because we knew Ms. Frizzle was the strangest teacher in the school.” The Magic School Bus: Inside the Human Body, Joanna Cole and Bruce Degen

• First Person
• Second Person
• Third Person Limited
• Third Person Omniscient

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of point of view?

• to let the characters know what the reader can see or hear
• to express the character's thoughts and allow the reader to see and hear the story in different ways
• to let the reader know what the author knows about a story
• to express the author's thoughts and feelings and allow the reader to know what the character's know

Multiple Choice

How can you know that something is written in first person point of view?

• pronouns like I, my and him are used
• the author is addressing the reader
• the narrator is not in the story
• pronouns like I, my and we are used

Multiple Choice

Which point of view do you see these signal words?
he, she, they, them, (character's names)

• First person
• Second person
• Third person

Multiple Choice

What POV is this quote from?

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person objective