Point Of View Flashcards
1
Q
What are the four points of view?
A
- Third person, Storyteller, omniscient he/she and he/she
- First person, I, me and he/she
- Second person, you and he/she
- Direct address, I and you
2
Q
What is the 3rd person narrator’s relationship to the audience and song’s subject?
A
Distant from both. He/she in relationship with he/she
3
Q
What is first person relationship to audience and subject?
A
Close to audience, distant from subject — ‘I’ talking about her/him/them
4
Q
What is second person relationship to audience and subject?
A
Closest to audience, distant from subject. ‘You’ in relationship with he/she
5
Q
What is direct addresser’s relationship with audience and subject?
A
Most intimate of all. ‘I’ and ‘You’
6
Q
What question does point of view answer?
A
Who is talking and to who?
