Perspective and Point of View

The lens or person through which a story is told.

• Tone

• Perspective

• Point of view

• Mood

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How do 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.

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

A type of narrative point of view where the author uses pronouns like ''your" and "you."

• Second Person POV

• Third Person POV

• First Person POV

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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

• First person
• Second person
• Third person

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which point of view is the narrator "all - knowing" on the thoughts and feelings of more than two character?

• First person
• Third person limited
• Third person objective
• Third person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which point of view is when the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of ONE character?

• Second person
• Third person objective
• Third person limited
• Third person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Third person limited differs from third person omniscient:

• because the point of view is fixed or limited to a particular POV

• because the reader can infer what other people feel and think only from what the viewpoint character observes

• A and B

• A only

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.9

“What would you do if you could fly?" Mrs. V asks as she glances from the bird to me.
"Is that on the quiz?" I ask, grinning as I type.
"I think we've studied just about everything else." Mrs. V chuckles.
"I'd be scared to let go," I type.
"Afraid you'd fall?" she asks.
"No. Afraid it would feel so good, I'd just fly away.”
― Sharon M. Draper, Out of My Mind

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

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The protagonist (main character) of The Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes is none other than Sherlock Holmes, but the narrator is his best friend, Watson. While Watson isn't the protagonist, the story still uses pronouns such as "I" and "we". This is an example of which POV?

• First person participant

• Third person limited

• First person observer

• Third person objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

“Sometimes you do have to laugh to keep from crying. And sometimes the world feels all right and good and kind of like it's becoming nice again around you. And you realize it, and realize how happy you are in it, and you just gotta laugh. ”
― Jacqueline Woodson, Peace, Locomotion

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

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6