Point of View Review

What is a narrative?

• A story

• An argument

• An essay

• A paragraph

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

What is the point of view?

• The main idea of a story.

• Who is telling the story and what the character or narrator telling the story can see.

• A person's opinion or argument.

• The life lesson or moral of a story.

Match the following points of view with the correct pronouns.

• Uses pronouns “you”

• 2nd Person P.O.V.

• Uses pronouns “he, she, they"

• 1st Person P.O.V.

• Uses pronouns “I, myself, we”

• 3rd 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 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.

3rd Person P.O.V. Limited

• Does NOT describe ANY of the character’s feelings or 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.

3rd Person P.O.V. Omniscient

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

What should you do to determine the point of view 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)

TRUE OR FALSE:

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

• True

• False