POINT OF VIEW HANDOUT

Question 1

How a story is presented to the reader; determines exactly how much the reader is allowed into the minds of the characters

Answer 1

POINT OF VIEW

Question 2

What are the two types of First Person narrators?

Answer 2

Major (Protagonist) and Minor (Witness/Observer) character

Question 3

Greater sense of intimacy; may be biased - ego trip; cannot kill them

Answer 3

MAJOR CHARACTER FIRST PERSON

Question 4

Keeps the main character at a distance; sometimes steals the show; hard for them to always be where the protagonist is

Answer 4

MINOR CHARACTER FIRST PERSON

Question 5

What are the three types of Third Person narrators?

Answer 5

Omniscient (all minds), Limited Omniscient (one mind), and Objective/Dramatic Objective (no minds)

Question 6

All knowing; sees into the minds of all the characters (knows the thoughts and feelings); unlimited freedom

Answer 6

OMNISCIENT THIRD PERSON

Question 7

Focus on only one character (major or minor)

Answer 7

LIMITED OMNISCIENT THRID PERSON

Question 8

“Fly on the wall”; author sets the scene, then leaves the characters there to speak to each other; what we learn about the characters is through the things they say; plays/dramas

Answer 8

OBJECTIVE/DRAMATIC OBJECTIVE THIRD PERSON

Question 9

Someone who tells the story, whether in the story or outside of the story

Answer 9

NARRATOR