1. From whose perspective...? POINT of VIEW

2. 1 st Person POV n I, me, my, we, our…

3. First Person Narrator Uses “I” Story is told from a main character’s POV

4. First Person Narrator Advantages: Readers see events from the perspective of an important character Readers often understand the main character better

5. First Person Narrator Disadvantages: The narrator may be unreliable— insane, naïve, deceptive, narrow minded etc... Readers see only one perspective

6. First Person Narrator

7. 2 nd Person POV You, yours, your, yourself You, yours, your, yourself

8. second-person POV is rare Uses “you” and presents commands Often the narrator is speaking to him/herself 2 nd Person POV

9. This is a delicious and simple recipe to make. It's also called "Poke Cake." Try it! You will need to follow these steps: 1. Use a sheet cake (9 x 13) baking pan. Prepare an ordinary white cake mix according to box directions. 2. Make holes in sheet cake with fork or chopstick when cool. Holes should go all the way through cake to bottom pan. Entire cake should be perforated this way with holes every 1/2 - 3/4 inch. 3. Prepare a large box of flavored gelatin with 2 cups of boiling water and stir to dissolve completely. Do not chill. 4. Pour warm gelatin liquid evenly over entire cake. Holes in cake allow gelatin to seep into cake. 5. Place cake in refrigerator until gelatin firms, about 3 hours. 6. Spread delicious whipped topping (8 oz thawed) over top of cake and decorate with colorful candy sprinkles. You will find the jello cake to be Yummy! 2 nd Person POV

10. 3 rd Person POV n n Omniscient n n Limited

11. n n Omniscient = all knowing…the narrator can see into the minds of all characters 3 rd Person POV: 3 rd Person POV: Omniscient

12. Omniscient: godlike narrator; he/she can enter character's minds and know everything that is going on, past, present, and future. May be a narrator outside the text 3 rd Person POV: 3 rd Person POV: Omniscient

13. Advantage: very natural technique; author is, after all, omniscient regarding his work. 3 rd Person POV: 3 rd Person POV: Omniscient

14. Disadvantage: not lifelike; narrator knows and tells all; is truly a convention of literature 3 rd Person POV: 3 rd Person POV: Omniscient

15. I. Annabeth Until she met the exploding statue, Annabeth thought she was prepared for anything. She’d paced the deck of their flying warship, the Argo II, checking and double- checking the ballistae to make sure they were locked down. V. Leo Leo wished he could invent a time machine. He’d go back two hours and undo what had happened. Either that, or he could invent a Slap-Leo-in-the-Face machine to punish himself, though he doubted it would hurt as badly as the look Annabeth was giving him.

16. n n Narrator can see into ONE character’s mind. 3 rd Person POV: Limited

17. All characters have thought privacy except ONE. 3 rd Person POV: Limited

18. Advantages Gives the impression that we are very close to the mind of that ONE character, though viewing it from a distance. 3 rd Person POV: Limited

19. Disadvantages Sometimes this narrator can be too focused or may impose his/her own opinions with no grounds. 3 rd Person POV: Limited

20. It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. No. Wrong word, Jonas thought. Frightened meant that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen. Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice. The Giver Lois Lowry 3 rd Person POV: Limited

21. POINT of VIEW Remember, Point of View = Who is telling the story and how much they contribute. The end.

22. 2 nd Person POV

23. First person Narrator When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim’s warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the reaping.

24. Somewhere inside me is a merciful, forgiving person. Somewhere there is a girl who tries to understand what people are going through, who accepts that people do evil things and that desperation leads them to darker places than they ever imagined. I swear she exists, and she hurts for the repentant boy I see in front of me. But if I saw her, I wouldn't recognize her. First person Narrator

25. 3 rd Person POV: 3 rd Person POV: Omniscient "She and Harry went down to the store. It was cold that day, and damp, and she was chilled to the bone. Harry, on the other hand, didn't feel the cold at all. He was thinking only about the argument they'd had last night."

26. 3 rd Person POV: Limited “Nearly Headless Nick took several deep breaths and then said, in a far calmer tone, "So - what's bothering you? Anything I can do?" "No," said Harry. "Not unless you know where we can get seven free Nimbus Two Thousand and Ones for our match against Sly -" The rest of Harry's sentence was drowned out by a high-pitched mewling from somewhere near his ankles. He looked down and found himself gazing into a pair of lamp-like yellow eyes. It was Mrs. Norris, the skeletal gray cat who was used by the caretaker, Argus Filch, as a sort of deputy in his endless battle against students.