1. POINT OF VIEW Modes of 3rd person narration

2. LET’S REVIEW

3. DIALOGUE AND NARRATION
characters’ “voices”
Narration-
the narrator’s voice
Example-
She said, “Hey, you!”
We are interested in the narration only
NARRATION
DIALOGUE

4. THIRD-PERSON NARRATION
Narrator tells “his” or “her” story.
Three Types of 3rd-Person:
Omniscient
Limited
Objective

5. Omni = All Scient = Knowing
3RD-PERSON OMNISCIENT
Omni = All Scient = Knowing
OMNISCIENT narrator:
is all-knowing.
tells more than one character’s thoughts or feelings.
EXAMPLE:
Chris had liked Elma since the third-grade. Little did he know that Elma liked him too. They both admired one another from a far, and waited. One day, Chris said to Elma, “So… you want to go with me?” Emma felt her stomach sink. She couldn’t believe it. Blushing, she said, “Ok.” Chris smiled.

6. 3rd-Person Omniscient: Two or more characters’ thoughts and feelings
Chris had liked Elma since the third-grade…
Elma liked him too…
“Want to go with me?”
“Ok.”
chris
ELMA
3rd-Person Omniscient: Two or more characters’ thoughts and feelings

7. 3RD-PERSON LIMITED LIMITED narrator:
Tells thoughts and feelings of one character.
EXAMPLE:
Chris liked Elma since the third-grade, but he had never found the nerve to tell her. But one sunny day, Chris said to Elma, “So… you want to go with me?” Emma blushed and said, “Ok” Chris smiled.

8. 3rd-Person Limited: One character’s thoughts.
Chris had liked Elma since the third-grade…
“Want to go with me?”
“Ok.”
chris
ELMA
3rd-Person Limited: One character’s thoughts.

9. 3RD-PERSON OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE narrator:
Thoughts and feelings are NOT told.
Readers may INFER thoughts and feelings based on actions or dialogue.
EXAMPLE:
Chris slowly walked up to Elma with his hands behind his back. “So… you want to go with me,” he said nervously. Elma blushed. “Ok.” Chris smiled.

10. 3rd-Person Objective: No characters’ thoughts.
“Want to go with me?”
“Ok.”
chris
ELMA
3rd-Person Objective: No characters’ thoughts.

11. Telling the Difference
Focus on the narration.
Is this 1st or 2nd person? If not move to next step
Circle any narrated thoughts or feelings.
Count each characters’ thoughts.
Only THIRD-PERSON has these modes.
There is no first or second-person objective, omniscient, or limited narration.

12. DIRECTIONS: Read the following passages and determine the point of view and explain how you were able to identify it. 1st person 2nd person 3rd person omniscient 3rd person limited 3rd person objective *****USE YOUR NOTES****

13. Evergreen Teen Book Club Return Policy When receiving your order, please check all items. If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, you may return it to us within 21 days of receipt. This can be done by attaching the pre-addressed return label enclosed in every shipment. Point-of-view: How do you know? If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed?  

14. Point-of-view: 2nd person How do you know
Point-of-view: 2nd person How do you know? You, your If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed? n/a  

15. Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers, Mary Shepard They found themselves in bed and watching, by the dim light from the night-light, the rest of Mary Poppin’s unpacking being performed. From the carpetbag, she took out seven flannel nightgowns, four cotton ones, a pair of boots, a set of dominoes, two bathing-caps and a postcard album. Jane and Michael sat hugging themselves and watching. It was all so surprising that they could find nothing to say. But they knew, both of them, that something strange and wonderful had happened at Number Seventeen, Cherry-Tree Lane. Point-of-view: How do you know? If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed?  

16. Point-of-view: 3rd person omniscient How do you know
Point-of-view: 3rd person omniscient How do you know? He , she If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed? Jane and Michaels thoughts are revealed  

17. Inheritance by Christopher Paolini Islanzadi laughed, showing her long teeth, and the hill and the fields rang with her mirth. “And you have grown eloquent as well! You did not tell me he had become so well spoken, Ayra!” A faint smile touched Ayra’s face. “He is still learning.” Then to Eragon, she said, “It is good to see you safely returned.” Point-of-view: How do you know? If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed?  

18. Point-of-view: 3rd person objective How do you know
Point-of-view: 3rd person objective How do you know? Name, she If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed? No charcter’s thoughts and feelings revealed  

19. Awakened: A House of Night Novel by Kristin Cast, P. C
Awakened: A House of Night Novel by Kristin Cast, P.C. Cast Stark was alone. His back was to me and I got to watch him as I picked my way across the shore to him. He held a large leather shield in one hand, and a long claymore in the other, and he was practicing thrusts and parries as if he were facing a dangerous, but invisible enemy. I moved quietly, taking my time. Point-of-view: How do you know? If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed?  

20. Point-of-view: 1st person objective How do you know
Point-of-view: 1st person objective How do you know? I If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed? n/a

21. The Iron King by Julie Kagawa I caught glimpses of fey everywhere, walking past us, hanging out in dark alleys, stealing over the rooftops or skipping along the power lines. I wondered how I could’ve been so blind before. And I remembered a conversation with Robbie in my living room so long ago, a lifetime ago. Point-of-view: How do you know? If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed?  

22. Point-of-view: 1st person objective How do you know
Point-of-view: 1st person objective How do you know? I If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed? n/a

23. The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum The Scarecrow found a tree full of nuts and filled Dorothy’s basket with them, so that she would not be hungry for a long time. She thought this was very kind of the Scarecrow, but she laughed heartily at the awkward way in which the poor creature picked up the nuts. His padded hands were so clumsy that he dropped almost as many as he put in the basket. But the Scarecrow did not mind how long it took him to fill the basket. Point-of-view: How do you know? If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed?  

24. Point-of-view: 3rd person omniscient How do you know
Point-of-view: 3rd person omniscient How do you know? Name, she, he If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed? Dorothy and Scarescrows’s thoughts and feelings are revealed

25. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling Harry had come face-to-face with none other than Lord Voldemort himself…Harry had slipped through Voldemort’s clutches for a second time, but it had been a narrow escape, and even now, weeks later, Harry kept waking in the night, drenched in cold sweat, wondering where Voldemort was now, remembering his livid face, his wide, mad eyes -   Point-of-view: How do you know? If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed?  

26. Point-of-view: 3rd person Limited How do you know
Point-of-view: 3rd person Limited How do you know? Name, she, he If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed? Harry’s thoughts and feelings are revealed

27. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli So he turned and started walking north on Hector, right down the middle of the street, right down the invisible chalk line that divided East End from West End. Cars beeped at him, drivers hollered, but he never flinched. The Cobras kept right along with him on their side of the street. So did a bunch of East Enders on their side. One of them was Mars Bar. Both sides were calling for him to come over.   Point-of-view: How do you know? If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed?  

28. Point-of-view: 3rd person Objective How do you know
Point-of-view: 3rd person Objective How do you know? Name, she, he If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed? No thoughts and feelings are revealed

29. From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L
From The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konisburg Claudia was furious She refused to look at Jamie again and instead stared at the statue. The sound of footsteps broke the silence and her concentration. Footsteps from the Italian Renaissance were descending upon them! The guard was coming down the steps. There was just too much time before the museum opened on Sundays. They should have been in hiding already. Here they were out in the open with a light on! Point-of-view: How do you know? If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed?  

30. Point-of-view: 3rd person Limited How do you know
Point-of-view: 3rd person Limited How do you know? Name, she, he If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed? Claudia’s thoughts and feelings are revealed

31. Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou For one whole semester the streetcars and I shimmied up and scooted down the sheer hills of San Francisco. I lost some of my need for the Black ghetto’s shielding-sponge quality, as I clanged and cleared my way down Market Street, with its honky-tonk homes from homeless sailors, past the quiet retreat of Golden Gate Park and along closed undwelled-in-looking dwellings of the Sunset District. Point-of-view: How do you know? If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed?  

32. Point-of-view: 1st person How do you know
Point-of-view: 1st person How do you know? I If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed?

33. Number the Stars by Lois Lowry 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. “Schoolbooks,” she answered truthfully. Point-of-view: How do you know? If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed?  

34. Point-of-view: 3rd person Limited How do you know
Point-of-view: 3rd person Limited How do you know? Name, he, she If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed? Annemarie’s thoughts and feelings are revealed

35. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Margaret, the eldest of the four, was sixteen, and very pretty, being plump and fair, with large eyes, plenty of soft brown hair, a sweet mouth, and white hands, of which she was rather vain. Fifteen-year-old Jo was very tall, thin, and brown, and reminded one of a colt, for she never seemed to know what to do with her long limbs, which were very much in her way. [. . .] Elizabeth, or Beth, as everyone called her, was a rosy, smooth-haired, bright-eyed girl of thirteen, with a shy manner, a timid voice, and a peaceful expression which was seldom disturbed. [. . .] Amy, though the youngest, was a most important person, in her own opinion at least. Point-of-view: How do you know? If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed?  

36. Point-of-view: 3rd person Omniscient How do you know
Point-of-view: 3rd person Omniscient How do you know? Name, he, she If it is third-person, which character’s thoughts are revealed? Thoughts and feelings of all four girls are revealed