Walk in work Get out your notebook and book Title your notes on Reading 4A and 4B Point of View Make a 4 column chart on 4B like this: Point of viewPronouns used AdvantagesDisadvantages

POINT of VIEW Click for next 

I Me My We Our 1st Person POV Click for next  Story is told from a main character’s POV

First person Narrator Advantages: Readers see events from the perspective of an important character Readers often understand the main character better Click for next 

First person Narrator Disadvantages: The narrator may be unreliable —insane, naïve, deceptive, narrow minded etc... Readers see only one perspective Click for next 

“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them.” J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye (1951) First person Narrator Click for next 

2 nd Person POV You Yours Your Yourself Click for next 

A second- person POV is rare Uses “you” and talks directly to the reader 2 nd Person POV Click for next 

Advantages: Readers can get immersed in the story. Readers are treated like a character in the story. Disadvantages: Readers can feel singled- out. 2 nd Person POV Click for next 

“Before each practice begins, make sure you check the court and remove any debris from the playing surface. When your players arrive, check that they have the proper footwear and that they’ve removed any jewelry, which could injure the player wearing the jewelry or another player. Always carry a list of emergency phone numbers for your players, and know where the nearest phone is located. You should also have a first-aid kit, and you might want to take a first-aid course. --Jim Garland, “The Baffled Parent’s Guide to Great Basketball Drills” 2 nd Person POV Click for next 

3 rd Person POV Omniscient Limited Click for next 

3rd Person POV She, hers, him, his, them, they, theirs Click for next 

Omniscient: godlike narrator; can enter character's minds knows everything that is going on, past, present, and future. May be a narrator outside the text 3 rd Person POV: Omniscient Click for next 

Advantage: very natural technique author is, after all, omniscient regarding his work. 3 rd Person POV: Omniscient Click for next 

Disadvantage: not lifelike; narrator knows and tells all; is truly a convention of literature and can feel artificial 3 rd Person POV: Omniscient Click for next 

“At dawn, Mae Tuck set out on her horse for the wood at the edge of the village of Treegap. She was going there, as she did once every ten years, to meet her two sons, Miles and Jesse, and she was feeling at ease. At noon time, Winnie Foster, whose family owned the Treegap wood, lost her patience at last and decided to think about running away.” -- Natalie Babbitt, “Tuck Everlasting” 3 rd Person POV: Omniscient Click for next 

Limited Omniscient Narrator can see into ONE character’s mind. Click for next 

All characters have thought privacy except ONE. 3 rd Person POV: Limited Omniscient Click for next 

Advantage 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 Omniscient Click for next 

Disadvantage Readers see only one perspective Can feel artificial or distant to a reader. 3 rd Person POV: Limited Omniscient Click for next 

Leslie sat in front of Paul. She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist. Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him. He wanted to pull a pigtail. He wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank. He thought it would be fun to tie the pigtails together, or better yet, tie them to her chair. But most of all, he just wanted to pull one. --Louis Sachar, “Sideways Stories from Wayward School” 3 rd Person POV: Limited Omniscient Click for next 

Independent Work Book title Identify what point of view the author of your book uses and defend how you know that with evidence. If you have a 1 st person book… –Is your narrator reliable? What affect does their reliability have on the reader? If you have a 3 rd person book (omniscient or limited)… –Why does the author use that POV? What affect does that have for the reader?