Different Types of Narratives

Type of narration where you have access to ONE character's thoughts or feelings

• first person

• second persion

• third person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Type of narration where you have access to ALL character's thoughts or feelings at the SAME

• first person

• second persion

• third person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Type of narration where the narrator is an observer and no access to thoughts or feelings

• first person

• second persion

• third person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Type of narration where the narrator is in the story and is told in the perspective of one of the characters

• first person

• second persion

• third person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Type of narration where the narrator refers specifically to the READER'S thoughts and can be a character within the story

• first person

• second persion

• third person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What type of narration is this:

Yesterday it was my 16th birthday. My parents told me to not expect any big gifts like a car, but little did I know that what was in the small gift box was actually a set of keys.

• first person

• second persion

• third person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What type of narration is this:

“Margaret, the eldest of the four, was sixteen, and very pretty, being plump and fair, with large eyes, plenty of soft brown hair, a sweet mouth, and white hands, of which she was rather vain. Fifteen-year-old Jo was very tall, thin, and brown, and reminded one of a colt … Elizabeth, or Beth, as everyone called her, was a rosy, smooth-haired, bright-eyed girl of thirteen, with a shy manner, a timid voice, and a peaceful expression, which was seldom disturbed … “

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What type of narration is this:

"The Dursleys hadn’t even remembered that today happened to be Harry’s twelfth birthday. Of course, his hopes hadn’t been high; they’d never given him a real present, let alone a cake – but to ignore it completely…"

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What type of narration is this

“Their commander was a middle-aged corporal—red-eyed, scrawny, tough as dried beef, sick of war. He had been wounded four times—and patched up, and sent back to war.”

• 1st person

• 2nd person

• 3rd person omniscient

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person objective

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which of following are clues that a narrator might be considered unreliable? Choose all that apply

• Young Age

• Mental illness

• Admissions of guilt (criminals)

• Inconsistent story-telling

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6