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Point of View

Point of View. The vantage point from which a story is told. Ask WHO is telling the story? How does this voice impact the story?. The Narrator. The person who is telling the story has control over the entire story. They control everything that you know about the characters and events.

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Point of View

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  1. Point of View The vantage point from which a story is told. Ask WHO is telling the story? How does this voice impact the story?

  2. The Narrator • The person who is telling the story has control over the entire story. They control everything that you know about the characters and events.

  3. First Person Narration • This point of view is from a character in a book. • Uses pronouns such as: I, my, me • Viewpoint is limited. Only told from one character.

  4. Example of First person “I suppose you want to know all about us, don’t you? All the nasty, horrible details about the vicious things we did. How we planned the accidents, how we plotted against everyone who got in our way. That’s what you want to hear, isn’t it?” Well, it wasn’t’ like that ---not to us anyway---not at first. Things just got carried away, that’s all. We were all good kids---I mean really good kids. Not a single kid in The Shadow Club had ever done anything bad and there wasn’t a single delinquent in the bunch. Not at first. I still don’t know how it all happened. We just lost control, ya know---too many bad feelings have a way of spinning together into one killer tornado, and none of us in the Shadow Club knew how to stop it, or for that matter where it was going. I haven’t told anyone the whole story yet. I don’t like to talk about it, because it scares me. Jared Mercer, The Shadow Club

  5. Third Person Narration • The author is not a part of the story. • Viewpoint is told through one character’s point of view. The narrator tells what the character see, feels, thinks, and does. • Uses pronouns such as: he, him, his , she, her, hers.

  6. Example of 3rd Person One of the soldiers, the taller one, moved toward her. Annemarie recognized him as the one she and Ellen always called in whispers, “the Giraffe: because of his height and the long neck that extended from his stiff collar. He and his partner were always on this corner. He prodded the corner of her backpack with the stock of his rifle. Annemarie trembled. “What is in here?” he asked loudly. From the corner of her eye, she saw the shopkeeper move quietly back into the shadows of the doorway, out of sight. “Schoolbooks,” she answered truthfully. Annermarie, Number of the Stars

  7. Omniscient Narrator • Story told from any or all characters. • Narrator is not a part of the story. • Narrator knows everything about the characters including how they think and feel. • As a reader, you get a lot more information about each character. • Uses pronouns such as: he/she, him/her, his/hers.

  8. Example of Omniscient John laughed hollowly. “You’re joking,” he said, wondering how on earth he would ever get over this.Veronica shook her head slowly. Her heart was breaking at having to tell him this news.John stood up and banged his fist against the wall, hard, once, but that did nothing to disperse the fury coursing through him. He still couldn’t believe it. “I’ll have to leave now,” he said, thinking that he couldn’t bear to stay there another moment.Veronica nodded slowly. He was upset now, but she knew he'd get over it.

  9. Subjective vs. ObjectiveViewpoints can be either… • Subjective writing is when: When writers emphasize or share their own personal feelings, thoughts, judgments, and opinions, their writing is defined as subjective. Examples of this writing are: journals, personal essays, and autobiographies

  10. Objective writing • Objective writing presents facts and figures only. It does not include the writer’s beliefs or feelings. Examples of this writing are: the news and textbooks.

  11. Bias in writing • Bias is the opinion or feeling a writer may have about the subject matter of his or her writing. It is simply a preference for something. Every piece of writing reflects to some degree the thinking or opinions of the author. • You as the reader need to recognize this and be aware of from whose viewpoint the story is being told.

  12. Point of view effects the way in which the story is told. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDp-08uNH0Y • See the movie example. What each person witnessed impacted the story that they were able to tell. Point of view in a story is the same. • Remember, ask yourself, “Who is telling this story?” “Are they biased?”

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