Point of View

Point of view is:

• The direction in which the story is going.

• The viewpoint/

  perspective of the character or narrator telling the story.

• The viewpoint/

  perspective of the author.

• The direction the protagonist is taking the story.

There are three types of point of view:

• First, second, second limited

• First, first limited, and second

• First, second, and third

• First, second, and second omniscient

An example of first-person point of view would be

• You can see the top of the houses from this balcony.

• The boy ran, but could not get anywhere.

• When she was tired, she finally sat down.

• I couldn’t believe what was in front of me.

In third-person limited omniscient, the narrator....

• Knows nothing of what’s happening.

• Knows a little of what’s happening, but only what he/she can see.

• Knows everything one character is doing and thinking.

• Knows all – what each character does and thinks.

When choosing a point of view, the author needs to consider:

• Which viewpoint would make the most interesting story.

• Which character’s most likely to sound intelligent enough to tell a story.

• What the protagonist will be doing.

• How far the narrator will be able to see.

An example of metaphor would be...

• the ship sails on the sea

• the ship plows the sea

• the ship is like a plow

• the ship sails slowly and stealthily along the sea

A metaphor is best described as..

• a comparison that shows how two things that are not alike in most ways are similar in another important way

• figure of speech comparing two unlike things using like or as

• the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

  "the alliteration of “sweet birds sang”"

• a word that sounds the same but is spelled differently