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Point of view Let us make some Cornell Notes from this presentation and the video presentation: you will need to make notes with headings for first person, second person, third person limited, third person omniscient, and third person objective. I used TWO points of view in these instructions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =6OGMlrRSALY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =6OGMlrRSALY
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First Person Uses the pronouns I, me, us, we, my, myself, our, ourselves, mine. The narrator is usually a character in the story. Narrator only knows his or her own thoughts and feelings. Examples:
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Second person Uses pronouns you, yours, yourself. Used in questions (but not in essays). This point of view is used for instructions; not for essays and formal writing of any kind. Examples:
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Third person omniscient Uses pronouns he, she, her, him, they, them, themselves, or uses character’s names. Narrator is NOT a character in the story. Is an all-knowing narrator. Knows thoughts and feelings of several or many main characters. Examples:
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Third person limited Uses pronouns he, she, him, her, they, them, themselves, or uses character’s names. Narrator is NOT a character in the story. Narrator only knows thoughts and feelings of ONE character. Examples:
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Third person objective Uses pronouns he, she, him, her, they, them, themselves, or uses character’s names. Narrator is NOT a character in the story. Narrator NEVER lets reader know thoughts and feelings of characters, but reader can infer character’s feelings and thoughts from what he or she says or does (actions). Exampels:
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When would you write in first person? When would you write in third person limited? When would you write in third person omniscient? ““
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When would you write in first person ? An autobiography. When would you write in third person limited ? A murder mystery. Writer does not want to reveal the thoughts of the murderer. When would you write in third person omniscient ? When the writer wants to show several sides to a story.
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MOST IMPORTANT RULE NEVER use dialogue (people talking) to decide on the point of view. Do you see that you would always think a book was first person if you looked at the dialogue? When people talk they say “I.”
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