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Title: Narrative Point of View


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Narrative Point of View
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Objectives
  • Understand and Identify Point of View in Fiction
  • Homework
  • Fiction Assessment Friday
  • Additional Optional Assignment due Friday

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Warm Up Honors - POV
  • Write down the 4 different narrative points of
    view and their definitions.
  • First Person Third Person Limited
  • Third Person Omniscient Third Person Objective
  • 1._____________ -gt experience the story through
    one character.
  • 2._____________ -gt experience the story through
    multiple characters but you arent aware of every
    aspect of all characters or the world around
    them.
  • 3._____________ -gt experience the story through
    an all-knowing narrator.
  • 4._____________ -gt experience the story through a
    narrator but you dont know the thoughts of any
    characters. You are a spectator.

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Narrative Point of View
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Narrative Point of View
  • Definition The perspective in which the author
    writes/speaks.
  • This is the position from which the author
    listens in and recounts the story. Depending on
    their vantage point, the author will know more or
    less information.

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Types of Narrative Point of View
  1. First Person
  2. Third Person Limited
  3. Third Person Omniscient
  4. Third Person Objective

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First Person
  • The narrator is a character in the story. You
    only get their view of the events in the story
    and only their thoughts.
  • The narrator doesnt have to be a major
    character.
  • The reader must question the reliability/trustwort
    hiness of the narrator.

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Third Person Limited
  • The narrator has a view of a single character.
    They know the thoughts of that character but no
    others.
  • Can be a major or minor character.
  • This is an inside view of one character.

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Third Person Omniscient
  • Omniscient The narrator knows all.
  • The narrator knows the thoughts, feelings, and
    actions of any character.
  • They are also aware of what is going on in the
    world.

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Third Person Objective
  • The events of the story are told through a
    narrator who doesnt know the thoughts of any
    character.
  • Facts of the story as told by an observer.
  • This is a Camera View as the reader is viewing
    the actions of the story but must infer the
    thoughts/meanings present.
  • This is like watching a movie or play.

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How can you tell?
  • Answer these questions about a story
  • Who tells the story?
  • How much does the narrator know?
  • How far does the narrator look inside the
    characters and report their thoughts and
    feelings?
  • Does the narrator strike you as reliable?
  • What effect is gained by the narrator? How does
    the POV shape the theme?

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Identifying POV
  • In Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" what POV is
    selected? How do you know? Why does the author
    choose this point of view?

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Compose a Thesis Statement
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Constructed Response
  • Write 5-6 sentences using our Constructed
    Response template to address the prompt.

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Closure 3, 2, 1
  • Write three things you learned about narrative
    point of view.
  • Write the titles of two works of fiction and
    label the point of view used.
  • Write one question you still have concerning
    narrative point of view.
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