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The document provides an overview of point of view in writing including: - Defining point of view as the perspective from which a story is told - The three primary types of point of view: first person, second person, and third person - The importance of point of view in helping readers understand characters' feelings and actions and how each perspective could make the same story entirely different - An upcoming class activity where students will write a short passage about their weekend and then rewrite it from a different point of view

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Pointof View .... 2

The document provides an overview of point of view in writing including: - Defining point of view as the perspective from which a story is told - The three primary types of point of view: first person, second person, and third person - The importance of point of view in helping readers understand characters' feelings and actions and how each perspective could make the same story entirely different - An upcoming class activity where students will write a short passage about their weekend and then rewrite it from a different point of view

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Good morning!

MEDITATION SESSION

Lets us clear our mind after our hectic morning session !!!
Loselling Middle School

English class
Mrs Pem Tshomo
Point of view

• What is a point of view?


• Types of Point of View.
• The importance of point of view.
• Example of point of view.

• Few Rewriting activity .


Introduct
ion
What is Point of view of a story?

The point of view of a story refers to the perspective from which the events of the
story are being told. It can be the first person (the narrator is a character in the story),
second person (the narrator addresses the reader as "you"), or third person (the
narrator is an outside observer).
The writers can decide who is telling the story to whom .
Types of point of view
T H E R E A R E T H R E E P R I M A RY T Y P E S O F P O I N T O F V I E W

First person Second person Third person


point of view point of view. point of view.
How many types of
pov??
Types of poV
T H E R E A R E T H R E E P R I M A RY T Y P E S O F P O I N T O F V I E W

It ....uses Uses the third person pronouns


Uses the he/she/it
"I"
pronoun or names of the characters
and "me"
'You"

First person Second person


Second person Third person
point of view point of view.
point of view. point of view.
Types of Third Person POV
Omniscient ( knowing everything) Limited
Omniscient
ALL-Telling/All knowing
narrator knows all the character's The narrator knows everything
thoughts and feeling ( like a god) about only one character's
thoughts and feelings.
The importance of
pov
Importance of POV
It helps the reader understand
characters 's
Each characters will have his or her
feelings and actions . own perspective (point of views)

Imagine if in the story 'The Nest"


As in the example of ‘Red Sweater 'and
Jimmy was the narrator ....
‘The Nest' each point of view could be entirely
what sort of information will you get .... ????
different story .
FIRST OR THIRD
PERSON?
Think !!

I did not feel ready to try the entire DungTsho Trail,


but I thought that a two-day trip would be fun for me
Second person POV
Why do you think authors do not use second point of view very often?

The narrator tells the story to the readers


using the personal pronoun 'YOU'

It forces the readers out of the story rather


than drawing them in

confuses the readers / is weird to read.


LEts find out
which point of view???

Karma looked at the flowers.


He could not believe that such a beautiful flowers are
grown right outside his door ....
WHich POV?
1st 2nd or 3rd??

The teacher looked around.


"Where is my chalk?" he said.

Dorji stared. She was already in trouble.


"Here sir?" she said.
"I need more chalk for this ......"
REMEMBER!

donot be fooled
Don't look at dialogue to find the POV of a story.

• In dialogue, characters use first-person pronouns all


the time.
• Look for the narration around the dialogue to figure
out the point of view
Third Person Point
of View was the
answers!!!
lets revise

Astory that is narrated from the point of view of a


character in the story is told from .............point of view
The first-person
point of view !!!
Can you think of any real-life situations where
point of view plays a crucial role in
understanding events or issues?(whole class
Activity)
Lets talk about POV’s Importance
The point of view controls how
the reader is presented with
the information in the story

like
first person: you will know
only what that character knows

if it is in 3rd person omniscient


the narrator knows all/sees all and
tells the reader everything.
THE POINT OF VIEW CONTROLS HOW THE READER IS PRESENTED WITH THE

I N F O R M AT I O N I N T H E
STORY

L I K E F I R S T P E R S O N : Y O U W I L L K N O W O N LY W H AT T H AT C H A R C T E R K N O W S
IF IT IS IN 3RD PERSON OMNISCIENT T H E N A R R AT O R K N O W S A L L / S E E A L L AND TELLS
THE READER EVERYTHING .
solve the following
From whose perspective is the story told?

1. Tshering loves basketball. Every day he played after school.


When it got dark, he watched it on TV.

2. I went home. My mother said, "Did you get it early?"


I said, "NO"

3.You stayed up late last night and now you're tired, but you need to pass the class.
Writing and Rewriting Acitvity

Activity #1 ( 15 mins )
Write the sentence to present it to the class/ and let us
rewrite in new or different POV

Write just five to seven sentences about what you did last
weekend.

( Write about what you did ,what you wished you did ,or
some combination of the two as I know breaks are not
necessarily filled with excitement or happiness for all of
us )
Rewriting Point of view

After wrting you will have to tell us what point of view you all have used
…..Most probably all will use first peron point of view …

Then we will review and you have a choice of rewritng your 5-7 sentences
in either third person omniscient or third person limited point of view .

Add or remove details as necessary to make your point of view clear ..


WHOLE CLASS PRESENTATION!!!
Any Questions?
Thank you

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