This document contains classroom notes on narrative perspectives and point of view. It discusses first, second, and third person points of view as well as subcategories of third person like third person omniscient, third person limited, and third person objective. It provides examples of songs that exemplify each point of view and includes a writing prompt asking students to write from Little Red Riding Hood's perspective explaining that Humpty Dumpty was actually pushed, not fallen.

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Bell-work
Write a paragraph that includes:
 2 character traits
 1 onomatopoeia
 1 personification
 1 hyperbole
*Reference back to your notes if you are unsure

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Tell me:
The story of the 3 Little Pigs

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The True Story of the 3 little pigs
By: A. Wolf

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Narrative Perspectives!
Author’s Point of View (POV)

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Dialogue and Narration
 Dialogue= when a character speaks
 Narration= when the narrator speaks
 “Quotation marks” separate narration from dialogue

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First Person
 I, me, my, mine, we, us, ours
 Narrator is part of the story (character)
Ex.) I knew you were trouble- Taylor Swift

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Second Person
 You, your
 Usually for instructions
Ex.) You’re so vain- Carly Simon

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Third Person
 He, she, her, they, them (also character’s names)
 Narrator usually isn’t involved
 Tells other’s stories
Ex.) 1985- bowling for soup

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Third Person Omniscient
 Narrator is all knowing
 Narrator tells thoughts and feelings of more than one character
Ex.) Eye of the Tiger- Survivor

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Third Person Limited
 Narrator is limited to one character
 Tells thoughts and feelings of one character
Ex.) Brick house- The Commodores

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Third-Person Objective
 Narrator does not reveal any character’s thoughts or feelings
 Only character’s dialogue and actions are narrated
Ex.) Billie Jean- Michael Jackson

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Answer the following prompt:
Little red riding hood is now part of an elite
group of fairy tale crime scene investigators.
Remember humpty dumpty? He didn’t fall.
He was pushed! Write in as little red riding
hood to explain what happened.