Comparing and Contrasting Points of View

Comparing Points of View

LEARNING TARGET:

Comparing narrators and their thoughts and feelings about what happens will help you develop a deeper understanding of story characters and events.

I CAN...

I can compare and contrast the point of view from which stories are narrated, including the difference between first and third person narrations

Comparing Points of View

In stories, the narrator is the person who tells the story.

The narrator always has a point of view ( how he or she thinks or feels about story events)

Some narrators are also characters in the story - they experience what happens and are called first-person narrators.

Other narrators are not characters in the story. They look in from outside the story - they are called third- person narrators.

Multiple Choice

Narrators that experience what happened are called...?

• narrator

• third person narrator

• second person narrator

• first person narrator

Multiple Choice

The narrator who does not experience the story but looks in from outside - they are called....?

• narrators

• second person narrator

• third person narrator

• Fourth person narrator

Multiple Choice

The narrator always has a point of view.

• True

• False

Comparing Points of View

How do you know if the narrator is first-person or third-person? (focus on the pronouns)

First Person Pronouns

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How do you know if the narrator is first-person or third-person? (Focus on the Pronouns)

Third Person Pronouns

Comparing Points of View

Second-Person narrative also exists however it is rarely used.

Second Person Pronouns

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The similarity between first person and third person narration is they are telling a story about a similar event.

Comparing Points of View - Academic Talk

• narrator

• first-person

• third-person

• point of view

• Compare

• Contrast

Multiple Choice

Choose the pronoun that signals first-person narration

• you

• yourself

• I

• she

Multiple Choice

Choose the pronoun that signal third-person narration

• I

• my

• me

• her

Multiple Choice

The first-person narrator tells his or her own story

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Third Person Narrators tell someone else's story

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When you read a story, ask yourself who the narrator is, because the narrator's identity will affect how the story is told and what details are included.

• True

• False

Open Ended

What is the similarity between First- Person and Third-Person narration?

Comparing Points of View