1. 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

2. 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:

3. 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:

4. 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:

5. 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:

6. 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:

7. When would you write in first person? When would you write in third person limited? When would you write in third person omniscient? ““

8. 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.

9. 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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