Point of

ViewPowerpoint

Created by: Not Just for Elementary

http://www.brainpop.com/english/writing/pointofview/preview.weml(username & password in the notes)

Brain Pop: Point of View

Point of View

the perspective a story is told from

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6oFNpfpT54&feature=youtu.be

The Cosby Show: “Babies”

Compare the two character’s perspectives on

the arrival of newborns.

1) Which character’s explanation do you believe?

2) What influenced your decision?

Narrator

the individual who is telling a story

After I added the lizard lips

to my potion...

Subjective

when a perspective is influenced by thoughts, opinions, and emotions

Objective

when details are based on facts rather than feelings and opinions

1st Person

when a character in the story describes things from their

perspective

When I put my

arms out like this Mommy always

picks me up!

http://video.scholastic.com/services/player/bcpid858992059001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAAFv844g~,BASb5BU03X-I8zjhaYyMRNzgkSvpc3CO&bctid=1750137646001

1st Person

1st PersonUses

words like:• I•Me•My•Our•We•Us

1st PersonAdvantages:• you get to see

what the character thinks, feels, and knows

• it feels like you are inside the

story

1st PersonDisadvantages:• the narrator doesn’t understand everything

that’s going on

• they may want to present themselves in

the best light

• you don’t know the other character’s

thoughts or feelings

http://youtu.be/c0JRZXwdMaE?t=53s

Ellen DeGeneres: 3rd Person

3rd Person

when the narrator is not a character within the story

Once upon a time there

lived an adorable owl...

3rd PersonUses words like:•He•She• They•Him•Her• Them• Their

3rd PersonAdvantages:• the narrator can

reveal details that none of the characters know

• the narrator is more reliable

3rd PersonDisadvantages:• tends to be less personal, making it difficult to connect

with fictional characters

• when writing: can be harder to

express character’s emotions

3rd Person

the narrator tells the events of a story without going into the minds of

the characters

Objective

3rd

Person

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzeA3KjOHZY&feature=youtu.be

Objective

3rd Person

the narrator is not in the story, but shows the events through the eyes of one

character

Limited

3rd

Person

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbbanqTKc6M&feature=youtu.be

Limited

3rd Person

all knowing: the narrator is outside of the story, but takes you inside the

mind of multiple characters

Omniscient

3rd

Person

http://www.wingclips.com/movie-clips/the-curious-case-of-benjamin-button/one-thing

Omniscient