1. The Hidden Camera
RL7 Point of View

2. Zee Target
I can analyze a point of view which requires distinguishing double meaning with little information given.
I can analyze a point of view which requires distinguishing double meaning.
I can analyze a point of view which is directly stated and understand that there is a second meaning.

3. 1 accident, 5 points of view
Just think…
1 accident, 5 points of view

4. Guilty Killer or Innocent Patient?

5. Why Care?
Narrators influence how we view the characters and events of a story
Narrators aren’t always truthful
Narrators sometimes have hidden meanings and agendas

6. Point of View Who tells the story Language used: Knowledge shared:
First
Second
Third
Knowledge shared:
Objective: narrator never shares anything about what the characters think or feel
Limited: narrator shares inner thoughts and feelings of one character
Omniscient: narrator knows everything about all characters

7. Hidden Point of View Tricks to hide the true point of view:
Understatement
Irony
Sarcasm

8. Understatement
a writer or speaker deliberately makes a situation seem less important or serious than it is: saying “This is a slight problem” when the entire building caves in from a bad storm

9. Irony
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning: the irony of her reply, “How nice!” when I said I had to work all weekend.
an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected: marriage is an institution built on love, yet it often ends in hate

10. Is it really ironic?
Ironic by Alanis Morissette

11. Sarcasm
A sharp, cutting, and/or mocking remark that uses irony: saying “You’re so intelligent” to someone who makes a mistake on something
Big Bang Theory

12. Practice What point of view is used in your novel? How do you know?
How might that influence how we feel about the characters?
In YOUR novel example below, what hidden meanings exist and through what trick?
Native Son: Mary Dalton wants to support the African American fight for equality; Bigger feels uncomfortable about this.
A Lesson Before Dying: Grant explains, “I was too educated for Henri Pichot; he had no use for me at all anymore” (Gaines, 21).
Their Eyes Were Watching God: Nanny wanted Janie’s mom to be a school teacher because it was a respectable position.