Name:________________________________

Date:_______________

College: ______________________________

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EXCELLENCE FOR ALL! NO EXCUSES

1st and 2nd Person Point of View
Objectives: You will be able to describe and identify 1st person and 2nd person narration in a text.

Sparker!
1. Pretend you are a little kid about to eat a cupcake at your 5th birthday party. Explain how you
are feeling right now! Be creative!
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2. Pretend you are a cupcake about to be eaten at a little kids birthday party. Explain how you
are feeling right now! Be creative!
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New InformationClass Notes: What

is Point of View?

It is the ____________________________ through which readers will experience the story. From the
beginning of the writing process, an author makes story-telling ______________________________.
She chooses characters, plot, setting, theme--and how best to __________________________ them.
The writer also chooses _______________________ will tell her story. That "who" defines the POV.

1st and 2nd Person Point of View

1st person point of view

We see the story from _________ characters point of view (________________________).

We see _______________________ the mind of _________________ that one character.

The narrator is a ____________________________ from the story.

The narrator is _________________________ in the events of the story.

Pronouns used______________________________________________________________

Pronouns are words that _____________________________________.

Examples
Ms. Kidd = _____
Kayden=_____
Ms. Kidd and Kayden=______
Pros of 1st person

Cons of 1st person

Readers _________________________

The narrator might be

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_____________________ or how they describe

We see how one particular character, the

situations?

narrator,__________________________

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We dont get to know how ___________

the characters__________________________
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Example of 1st person point of view from The Catcher in the Rye
Directions: As you read the following example, circle the first person pronouns.

If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and
what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me,
and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the
truth.

2nd person point of view

The narrator tells the story as if the ________________________ is a character in a story.

The reader feels _____________________________________________________________

This is the __________________________ point of view in literature, because it is a hard

writing style to keep up throughout an entire novel.

Pronouns used: ______________________________________________________________

Example of 2nd Person Point of View

Directions: As you read, circle the 2nd person pronouns. Then answer the questions that follow.
You woke up this morning, in a bad mood. Feeling sluggish, you decided to stay in bed and sleep the
day away. Now your boss is calling, wondering where you are. What will you do?

1. How does this affect you as a reader? Do you feel more or less part of the story? Explain.
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2. Re-write this passage in 1st person point of view.
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First or Second?!
Directions: Re-write the following passages in a new point of view. Then, determine how the story is
different when told from a different point of view.
Clean took his hands out of his pockets and started circling Monkeyman, but Monkeyman
didnt move. Clean hit him in the back of his head and he didnt say nothing.
Please dont do that, boy, Monkeymans grandfather said. He made us promise not to help
him, but please dont do that.
1st Person Point of View Re-Write
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Explain how the story is different in 1st person:
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He knew his pursuer was coming; he heard the padding sound of feet on the soft earth,
and the night breeze brought him the perfume of the general's cigarette. Rainsford,
crouching there, could not see the general, nor could he see the pit. He lived a year in a
minute. Then he felt an impulse to cry aloud with joy, for he heard the sharp crackle of the
breaking branches as the cover of the pit gave way; he heard the sharp scream of pain as
the pointed stakes found their mark.

2nd Person Point of View Re-Write

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Explain how the story is different in 2nd person:
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Think about it: WHY would an author choose to write a story in 2nd person? How does it affect
you as a reader? What kinds of books do you think are written this way?
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10/19 Exit Slip (10 pts)

Name: _____________________________________

1. What is a pronoun?

2. What pronouns are used for 1st person point of view?

3. What pronouns are used for 2nd person point of view?

4. Who is the narrator in a story told in 1st person point of view?

5. What is one positive about 1st person? What is one negative about 1st person?

10/19 Exit Slip (10 pts)

Name: _____________________________________

1. What is a pronoun?

2. What pronouns are used for 1st person point of view?

3. What pronouns are used for 2nd person point of view?

4. Who is the narrator in a story told in 1st person point of view?

5. What is one positive about 1st person? What is one negative about 1st person?