DO NOW Ms. Ducros is considering the idea of allowing students to use their iPods in class. Explain your opinion on this topic. Do you agree or disagree with this idea?

POINT OF VIEW Point of view is the person who is TELLING the story. It is not always the author! 3 Types of Point of View: 1 st Person 2 nd Person 3 rd Person

1 st Person Point of View Uses the following words… I, ME, WE, US, MY, OUR The narrator is the main character in the story.

First Person Point of View Pro: we can see things from the eyes of the main character Con: we only know one person’s perspective

Second Person Point of View Uses words like… You, Yours, Your, Yourself VERY RARE!

Second Person Point of View Often times the narrator will talk to themselves Example… “You are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this at this time of the morning. But here you are, and you cannot say that the terrain is entirely unfamiliar, although the details are fuzzy. You are at a nightclub talking to a girl with a shaved head. The club is either Heartbreak or the Lizard Lounge.” --Jay McInerney, Bright Lights, Big City (1984)

Third Person Point of View 3 Types of Third Person: (1) Third person omniscient (2) Third person limited omniscient (3) Third person objective

Third Person Omniscient Narrator is all knowing; God-like They can describe the thoughts and feelings of ALL characters

Third Person Limited Omniscient Narrator can see into only ONE character’s mind Gives the idea that we are very close to one character’s mind.

Third Person Objective Narrator only DESCRIBES but does not enter the character’s thoughts. Like a video camera, the narrator only reports what everyone is doing and saying. The narrator adds no comment as to what the characters are feeling