Point of View

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Point of View
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• Narrator
• Speaker of the story, from whose perspective the
  story is told

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• Point of View
• Identify narrator
• Describe narrators part in the story
• Identify narrators limits

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Point of View

• 1st Person
• I
• Narrator a character in the story
• Either major or minor part

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Point of View

• 2nd Person
• You
• Narrator speaking directly to the reader

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Point of View

• 3rd Person
• He/she
• Narrator a nonparticipant in the story

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3rd Person

• Omniscient
• All-knowing
• Editorial (makes comments about
  action/characters)
• Impartial (objective)

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3rd Person

• Omniscient
• Limited / selective
• Only sees into the mind of one character

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Stream of Consciousness

• Written the way thoughts come to the human mind
• Disjointed, not orderly