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October 26th 2009

TODAY IS NOT A COLOR DAY!!!!! DONT ASK.TODAY IS NOT A COLOR DAY!!!!! DONT ASK.

IF YOU ASK, YOU WILL HAVE TO WRITE ME ANIF YOU ASK, YOU WILL HAVE TO WRITE ME AN

ESSAY ON WHY READING DIRECTIONS ISESSAY ON WHY READING DIRECTIONS IS

IMPORTANTIMPORTANT

natant \NAY-tunt\ adjective

: swimming or floating inwater

A temperature of 70 million degreesCelsius was generated at PrincetonUniversity in 1978. This was during afusionism experiment and is thehighest man-made temperature ever.

Did you know...In ancient Egypt, theapricot was called the"egg of the sun.

National Mule Day (The first mules inAmerica arrived in Boston,Massachusetts, in 1785. They were agift from King Charles III of Spain.)

1881 - Wyatt Earp, his two brothers,and Doc Holliday were involved in thegunfight at the O.K. Corral inTombstone, Arizona.


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POINT OF VIEW

What is a point ofview?

Why do we all have different Points ofView? Wouldnt life be easier if we allsaw things the same way?

Why do you think authors choosedifferent ways to tell a story?


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NOTES ON POVCOPY THE NOTES ONTO THE SHEET


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POINT OF VIEW

"Truth is a hard deer to hunt," states John, the son ofa priest, in By the Waters of Babylon.

What is true for one man, may not be true for

another. Our perspective on life is influenced bymany factors such as age, experience, culture, andtime. What is true for you today, may not be sotomorrow. To examine how point of view affects thedevelopment of the short story, we must examine

whos point of view the story is told.


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POV Notes

1st PERSON 3rd PERSONObjective

3rd PersonLimited

3rd PersonOmniscient

Whos telling

the story?

Who does thenarrator knowabout? Whatdoes thenarratorknow??

Is the narratortrustworthy?Biased?

Your Thoughts


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POV

1stp

erson

First Person:The story is told from the view of"I. Narrator is also a character in the story

The narrator only knows about him/herself,his/her friends, his/her own feelings, andactions.

The narrator tells things from his/her own

perspective. He/she is biased and might beuntrustworthy.

"When someone asks me what business I

am in, I am seized with embarrassment: Iblush and stammer, I who am otherwiseknown as a man of poise." from TheLaugher by Heinrich Boll.


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3rd

Person

Object

ive

Third Person Objective - Narrator is watching the storycan onlysee the action, not internal feelings. Fly On the Wall

The narrator knows about everyone, but does not know aboutinternal thoughts/feelingsonly whats on the surface

This narrator is always unbiased! (thats what objective means)this narrator will often let you make up your own mind aboutthings.

NEUTRAL

The girl stood up and walked to the end of the station. Across, on the other side, werefields of grain and trees along the banks of the Ebro. Far away, beyond the river,were mountains. The shadow of a cloud moved across the field of grain and she sawthe river through the trees.

'And we could have all this,' she said. 'And we could have everything and every day wemake it more impossible.'

'What did you say?''I said we could have everything.''No, we can't.''We can have the whole world.''No, we can't.''We can go everywhere.''No, we can't. It isn't ours any more.''It's ours.'

'No, it isn't. And once they take it away, you never get it back.'


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POV

3rd

O

mnicient

Omniscient: Narrator (author) tells us the storyas thought they are watching everything godnarrator.

The all knowing narrator knows everyone andeverything.

This narrator is sometimes biased. This narrator

knows what every character thinks/feels, andhe/she may or may not present the info. fairly

BOTH

Mrs. Gage almost fell into the fire with joy. She hadnot seen her brother for many years, and, as hedid not even acknowledge the Christmas cardwhich she sent him every year, she thought that

his miserly habits, well known to her from


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POV

3rd

L

imited

Third Person Limited: Narrator who is watching the story, may ormay not be involved in the story. The story tells what "he","she," or "it" does.

The narrator only knows some of the people, some of the things. The narrator does not have all of the facts about everything;

narrator cannot present things totally objectively.

BIASED

"Barry cradled his father's head in the crook of his leftarm, so that the man could tilt back his head, exposingthe throat. He brushed fresh lather under the chin andinto the hollows alongside the stretched tendons. Hisfather's throat was fleshless and vulnerable, his head

was a hard weight on the boy's arm. Barry was filledwith unreasoning protective love. He lifted the razorand began to shave." from Shaving by Leslie Norris


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As I walked up the hill, I realized that theatmosphere was just too quiet. There was no

sound from the cardinal who was nearlyalways singing from the top of the mapletree. I thought I saw a shadow move high upon the slope, but when I looked again it was

gone. Still, I shuddered as I felt a silent threatpass over me like a cloud over the sun.

First person: (includes the thoughts andperspective of one main character, who'stelling his/her own story)


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Jennifer stirred in bed. The thin whitecotton sheet clung intimately to her body

as she rolled to face the nightstand. Witheyes half open, she reached over to switchthe alarm clock off when the man in theshadows reached out and grabbed herarm. Her scream pierced the quiet nightand died abruptly as she was forcedviolently back into the dark oblivion.

Third Person Objective -Notice that there arent any references toshe thought or she was thinking.


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As the girl walked up the hill, she realized that theatmosphere was just too quiet.

The cardinal tipped his head back and drew breath tosing, but just as the first note passed his beak he heard thecrack of a dead branch far below his perch high in the mapletree. Startled, he looked down, cocking his head to one side andwatching with great interest while the man rattled the blades of

grass as he tried to hide himself behind the tree.As the man saw her start up the hill, he moved quickly

into the shelter of the huge old maple tree. If she saw him now,everything would be ruined.

She thought she saw a shadow move high up on theslope, but when she looked again it was gone.

The man thought if he could stay hidden until she camewithin range, she'd have to talk to him. Wouldn't she?

The girl shuddered as she felt a silent threat pass overher. It felt like a cloud creeping over the sun.

Third person omniscient: (all-knowing; can includethoughts and perspective of all characters)


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STATE STANDARD

Explain how voice and the choice of narratoraffect characterization and the tone, plot, andcredibility of a text.

You will be able to identify the type of narrationand explain how this choice impacts the stories

meaning, plot, and its credibility.


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The Three Little Pigs

What do we learn about from story? How does the narrator view the characters?

How does the narrator view the pigs?

How does the narrator view the wolf?

How would this story be different if it were told from a differentperspective? Would it make a difference if this narrator wasone of the characters in the story? Does the narratorsspecies make a difference?


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POV

THE TRUE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS

What do we learn from this perspective? How does the narrator see view the other

characters?

How does the narrator see him/herself?

What do we learn from the description of the

events?


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VantagePoint

ona

scratchsheet

of

paper

In your war book, explain how theIn your war book, explain how the

story of the Cask of Amontillado orstory of the Cask of Amontillado orThe Stone Boy would be different if itThe Stone Boy would be different if it

were told from the perspective of awere told from the perspective of a

character within the story.character within the story.

What details would change?What details would change?

How would the story be different?How would the story be different?

How would it impact the mood ofHow would it impact the mood of

the story?the story?

How would it impact theHow would it impact the

credibility?credibility?

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