Second person narrators

invites the audience to imagine we are in the story

Third person limited is different from first person

because s/he can tell us info the character doesn't know

Third person omniscient narrators

tell us everything about many characters

With first person narration,

the author creates intimacy with one character

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POV Review

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Fiction Midterm Review

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1
"They could find nothing to say. But they both knew something strange and wonderful happened."
third limited
second
third omniscienet
first
2
POV? "We scrounged. Scrounge was probably the most important word in our new vocabulary."
second
third omniscient
first
third limited
3
Second person narrators
invites the audience to imagine we are in the story
are most likely unreliable
tells us information even the character doesn't know
know everything about all characters
4
Third person limited is different from first person
because s/he limits perception of events to one character
because we only know what the narrator knows
because s/he can tell us info the character doesn't know
because it creates intimacy with one character
5
Leslie sat in front of Paul. Paul saw those pigtails and wanted to pull one and feel her hair.
third omniscient
third limited
second
first
6
Sara was on her way to her office job. It was all paperwork, but it gave her time to daydream.
first
third limited
third omniscient
second
7
Third person omniscient narrators
creates intimacy with one character
tell us everything about many characters
are similar to a movie camera
evokes emotion from the reader
8
POV? "Before practice, make sure you check the court & remove debris from the playing surface."
third omniscient
first
third limited
second
9
POV? "At dawn, Mae set out on her horse for the woods. At noon, Winnie lost her patience."
third omniscient
second
third limited
first
10
With first person narration,
the reader makes his or her own conclusions about the events
the reader learns information about many characters
the reader learns information the character doesn't know
the author creates intimacy with one character

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