Narrative Point of View

1. Narrative Point of View Who is telling the story???

2. Learning Goal: • Identify and describe the narrative points of view • First person • Third person objective • Third person limited • Third person omniscient

3. Narrator vs. Author • The narrator is the story teller… do NOT confuse the narrator with the author • An author is the real person who wrote the book, a narrator is a fictional being telling us a story

4. Different types of Point of View • First person • Third person objective • Third person limited • Third person omniscient

5. First Person • A first-person narrator • Lets the reader feel very close to a specific character’s point of view • Gets in the mind of one character • The reader only knows what that one character knows • Uses “I” or “we”

6. Third Person Objective • A third-person objective narrator • Tells all of the action using “he” or “she” • Does not enter a single mind, is objective • Acts like a camera or a fly on the wall, showing us the scene as it really is

7. Third Person Limited • A third-person limited narrator • Tells all of the action using “he” or “she” • Is LIMITED to entering the mind of one main character • Acts like a camera or a fly in one person’s head, showing us the story as that character perceives it

8. Third Person Omniscient • A third-person omniscient narrator • Uses “he” or “she” • Gives us access into the thoughts and feelings of more than one character • Acts like a fly that gets into everyone’s head • Can focus on any one character at any time • Seems to be all knowing

9. Third Person Omniscient • A third-person omniscient narrator • John couldn’t believe what he was seeing. He thought the flash of bright, red light that streaked across the sky might’ve been lightning. Rubbing his eyes he looked a second time and realized, as it flashed in the same place again, that it wasn’t. His sister was also amazed; she never thought aliens existed.

10. Example of Point of ViewYOU be the judge :) • We pulled out of the Lake Windsor campus, whooping and yelling, with our caravan of fans behind us. When we got to the downtown stretch of Tangerine, everybody in the row started honking horns and flashing lights. • Tangerine

11. Example of Point of ViewYOU be the judge :) • At dawn, still in her nightgown, Esperanza went out among the rubble. Avoiding the smoldering piles, she picked through the blak wood, hoping to find something to salvage. She sat on an adobe block near what used to be the front door, and looked over at Papa’s rose garden. • Esperenza Rising

12. Example of Point of ViewYOU be the judge :) • The next day Grandpop and I had a secret meeting under the avocado tree in the backyard. We talked in whispers even though we knew my mom and dad were asleep. They always sleep in on Saturdays. • Top Secret

13. Example of Point of ViewYOU be the judge :) • “You’re amazing,” Bill would say. Where did you learn that, Jess?” Jess never quite knew how he knew things, so he’d shrug and let Bill and Leslie praise him to each other. • Bridge to Terabithia -

14. Example of Point of ViewYOU be the judge :) • And now Miss Honey’s hopes began to expand even further. She started wondering whether permission might not be sought from the parents for her to give private tuition to Matilda after school. • Matilda

15. Example of Point of ViewYOU be the judge :) • I went outside and untied Winn-Dixie and brought him inside, and he sat down beside me and smiled up at the preacher, and the preacher couldn’t help it; he smiled back. • Because of Winn-Dixie

16. Example of Point of ViewYOU be the judge :) • Alone in the apartment while Mama was out shopping with Kirsti, Annemarie and Ellen were sprawled on the living room floor playing with paper dolls. • Number the Stars

17. Example of Point of ViewYOU be the judge :) • Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by every one who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child. Once she gave her a little cap of red velvet, which suited her so well that she would never wear anything else. So she was always called Little Red Riding Hood.

18. Example of Point of ViewYOU be the judge :) • Listen to the story read aloud to you • What is the point of view? • How does changing the point of view change the story?

19. Example of Point of ViewYOU be the judge :) • Once upon a time there were three little pigs and the time came for them to leave home and seek their fortunes.Before they left, their mother told them " Whatever you do , do it the best that you can because that's the way to get along in the world. The first little pig built his house out of straw because it was the easiest thing to do.The second little pig built his house out of sticks. This was a little bit stronger than a straw house.The third little pig built his house out of bricks.

20. Example of Point of ViewYOU be the judge :) • Listen to the story read aloud to you • What is the point of view? • How does changing the point of view change the story?

21. Your Turn! • On the worksheet in front of you, you will use a type of third person point of view to tell a fairy tale. • On the backside of the worksheet, choose a character and change the point of view to first person and watch how the story changes!