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Name Date Hour Literature Circles – Prejudice English 9 Point of View Use the definitions of different points of view on the back of this sheet to help you answer the following questions. 1. What is the point of view of the novel you are reading? Explain how you decided what point of view it is. 2. How does this point of view influence your understanding of the story? Think about things like what special information the narrator has; how well the narrator understands what is happening in the story; how the author builds suspense; how the author develops characters. Name 3. Date Hour Choose two events from the novel and tell them from a different point of view. Choose a character who, for example, sees things very differently from the narrator, or who might have some special information the narrator doesn’t have. Try to imagine what your new narrator knows, feels, sees, hears, etc. and stay true to the character’s personality. a. First event, one-sentence description i. Retelling from ‘s point of view b. Second event, one-sentence description i. Retelling from ‘s point of view Name Date Hour Narrator and Point of View The narrator is the character or voice that relates the events of the story to the reader. Point of view refers to the vantage point from which a story is told. Point of view determines the overall tone of a story, how much the reader learns about characters, and the reader’s opinion of the characters. Three points of view that writers use most are described in the chart below. Use this chart to help you identify point of view when you read a work of literature. Point of View First Person Third Person Limited Third Person Omniscient The narrator is a character in the story. The narrator does not participate in the action of the story. The narrator does not participate in the action of the story. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character and speaks directly to the reader, who knows only information of which this character is aware. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of one character; the reader knows only information of which this character is aware. The narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters; the reader gets insight into several characters and learns any information of which they are aware. The narrator uses the first person pronouns I, me, and my. The narrator uses third-person pronouns like he, she, and they. The narrator uses third-person pronouns like he, she, and they.