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.