Point of View Review

What is a narrative?

• a story

• an argument

• an essay

• a paragraph

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What is a narrator?

• the author

• the character

• the reader

• the person/character telling the story

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What is dialogue?

• when and where a story takes place

• a character's actions

• a conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie

• a character's opinion

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is point of view?

• The main idea of a story

• Who is telling the story / What the character or narrator telling the story can see

• A person's opinion/argument

• The life lesson/moral of a story

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Match the following points of view with the correct pronouns.

• Uses pronouns “you”

• 1st Person P.O.V.

• Uses pronouns “he, she, they"

• 3rd Person P.O.V.

• Uses pronouns “I, myself, we”

• 2nd Person P.O.V.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

3rd Person P.O.V. Objective

• -Does NOT describe ANY of the character’s feelings or their thoughts

  -Observes characters and describes the characters’ dialogue (conversations) and actions

• • Limited to ONE character’s thoughts and feelings

• • The narrator knows and tells ALL character’s thoughts, feelings, opinions, and actions.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

3rd Person P.O.V. Limited

• -Does NOT describe ANY of the character’s feelings or their thoughts

  -Observes characters and describes the characters’ dialogue (conversations) and actions

• • Limited to ONE character’s thoughts and feelings

• • The narrator knows and tells ALL character’s thoughts, feelings, opinions, and actions.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

3rd Person P.O.V. Omniscient

• -Does NOT describe ANY of the character’s feelings or their thoughts

  -Observes characters and describes the characters’ dialogue (conversations) and actions

• • Limited to ONE character’s thoughts and feelings

• • The narrator knows and tells ALL character’s thoughts, feelings, opinions, and actions.

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What should you do to determine the P.O.V. of a story? Choose 2 answers.

• Look for who is telling the story

  • (Whose thoughts AND feelings do you see/hear the most?)

• Pay attention to the pronouns used (I, you, he/she)

• Pay attention to actions AND dialogue (conversations)

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

TRUE OR FALSE:

When determining the point of view of a story do NOT pay attention to actions & dialogue (conversations).

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6