1. Point of view
7th Grade

2. What is point of view?
Point of View: the perspective a story is told from
In other words, who is telling the story
A text's point of view is determined based on the pronouns the author uses.

3. Point of View by Shel Silverstein
Thanksgiving dinner's sad and thankless
Christmas dinner's dark and blue
When you stop and try to see it
From a turkey's point of view.
Sunday dinner isn't sunny
Easter feasts are just bad luck
When you see it from the viewpoint
Of a chicken or a duck.
Oh, how I once loved tuna salad
Pork and lobsters, lamb chops too
'Til I stopped and looked at dinner
From the dinner's point of view.

4. Point of View Notes First Person: told by a character from the story
- I, me, we, us
Second Person: the writer talks directly to the reader
- you

5. Third Person: told by a narrator​
-he, she, they, them​ ​
Third Person Objective: the narrator only knows what ​
is seen or heard​
- think of this as seeing a story through ​
the camera's eyes​
Third Person Limited: the narrator knows what one ​
character is thinking or feeling​
-the narrator is limited in their knowledge of feelings and thoughts​
Third Person Omniscient: the narrator knows all​
-the narrator knows everyone's thoughts and feelings

6. Let's see that again!
Point of View Prezi