Point of View

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Point of View
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• Every story has a point of view. To determine
  the storys point of view, you need to determine
  the narrator of the story.

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• narrator the person telling the story

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• We are going to review three types of point of
  view.

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• First Person
• Third Person Limited
• Third Person Omniscient

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• First Person
• I looked at the new school and turned to see my
  little sister. Andreas face told me that she
  was as nervous as I was about starting this new
  school.
• Third Person Limited
• Sally was nervous as she looked at the new
  school. She turned to look at her sister and
  Andreas face told her that she was nervous as
  well.
• Third Person Omniscient
• Sally and Andrea looked at the new school and
  both felt nervous about starting the new school.

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POINT OF VIEW NARRATOR
First Person The narrator is IN the story. We hear words like I, me, my
Third Person Limited The narrator is NOT in the story, but he is inside one characters mind
Third Person Omniscient The narrator is NOT in the story, but he is like God- he knows everything, and is inside every characters mind
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• Determine the point of view on the following
  passages.

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• 1. Im on to something. Working day and night.
  Ive had a cot moved into the lab. Most of my
  writing time is spent on the notes which I keep
  in a separate folder, but from time to time I
  feel it necessary to put down my moods and my
  thoughts out of sheer habit.

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• 2. It isnt very often I have the pleasure of
  taking in visitors. The old girl is slightly
  crazy, Billy told himself. However, Billy
  decided to stay at the landladys bed and
  breakfast because the price was so cheat.

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• 3. Many long years ago, there lived an arrogant
  and cruel young lord who ruled over a small
  village in the western hills of Japan. The young
  ruler thought he was the smartest ruler in the
  country. However, the people in his village
  thought he was mean and wished that he would no
  longer be there ruler.