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Point of View

Point of View. Bell work. What is point of view?. Point of view is the view point in which a story is being told. 1 st person POV. the narrator (speaker) is a character in the story who reveals his or her experiences, thoughts, and feelings.

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Point of View

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  1. Point of View

  2. Bell work

  3. What is point of view? • Point of view is the view point in which a story is being told.

  4. 1st person POV • the narrator (speaker) is a character in the story who reveals his or her experiences, thoughts, and feelings. • narrator is limited to what he or she observes directly or has been told by other characters.

  5. 2nd person POV • The narrator is demanding or making it imperative that YOU following his/her directives.

  6. 3rd person POV • the narrator (speaker) is someone outside the story who tells about the characters and actions in the story.

  7. 3rd Person Limited • a narrator outside the story who knows only the experiences, thoughts, and feelings of one character. • The story is told from that one character’s perspective.

  8. 3rd Person Objective • a narrator outside the story who gives only a factual account of the events. • The narrator only knows what can be observed; therefore, the objective point of view does not know the thoughts or feelings except if they are expressed.

  9. 3rd Person Omniscient • point of view has a narrator outside the story who knows everything about all of the characters in the story. The omniscient narrator knows what everyone does, says, thinks, or feels

  10. Something to remember… • 1st person POV will use 1st person pronouns. • I, me, my, mine, myself • 2nd person POV will use 2nd person pronouns. • You, your, yours • 3rd person POV will use 3rd person pronouns. • His, her, hers, it, its, himself, herself

  11. One last thing… • The effects of Changing Point of View • From 3rd person to 1st person- can make the text more personal • From 1st to 3rd- can make the text less personal and more objective • From 3rd to 2nd- can make text more informal or more persuasive • From 3 person limited or objective to 3rd omniscient- can make the text more informative.

  12. SATP 2 Book pg. 245

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