POV Point of View
How many different types of points of view are there?
Multiple Choice: 1 3 5
There are 5 types of POV
In the novel out of the dust - what is the connotation of the word "dust"
1) positive 2) negative 3) neutral
2) negative
Dust literally means dry fine dirt. It connotes inescapable despair, suffocation, economic ruin, death of hope
Dust piles up like snow across the prairie
Simile
All in vain; because Death , in approaching him had stalked with his black shadow"
Personification: Death given human qualities "stalk" "shadow"
Gives the abstract concept human qualities
The storm swallowed the light, as the dark clouds rolled over the horizon engulfing all hope.
What literary device is used?
Foreshadowing. The personification is in the words, vs the foreshadowing is in the context
The narrator is the main character. The story is told from one's own perspective.
This is called _ _ _ _ _ person point of view
First person point of view.
Example: I went to the mountains and the storm rolled in....
Pronouns used : me,we, my , we, our
Thin as a fence rail.
Simile
For a whole hour I did not move a muscle
Elegant
positive
The narrator is honest, clear account of events within the limits of their personal knowledge. The reader can trust the narrator version of events.
Is this a)third person objective pov b)unreliable first person pov c) reliable first person pov
First person reliable point of view
Rain has what connotation in the novel out of the dust?
positive connotation hope renewal, rain briefly renews the land and the people's spirit
My fingers leave sighs in the dust.
The main character leaves fingerprints in the dust.
Metaphor: The metaphor is that the marks in the dust are called "sighs" a metaphor for grief, absence
Sorrow climbs up our front steps
Personification
Unique / Special
positive
connotation is for the good quality of something
If the narrator is telling the story from their own perspective (e.g I, me, we)
the narrator has a distorted view of reality either due to psychological instability or evidence they are trying to deceive the reader; this is what point of view?
a) third person limited b) first person unreliable c) first person reliable
b) first person unreliable
What connotation do the apples have in the novel out of the dust?
(Ma's apple trees )
Response: Positive
life nourishment maternal care resilience.
She's an old mule on the subject of schooling
Metaphor: old mule meaning that the person is stubborn and immovable
They swore they'd never eat again.
Hyperbole:
A statement that is extreme or exaggerated
negative
-If the narrator is not a character in the story
-tells the story from outside the story
-using pronouns he, she, they, them
-the narrator is ALL KNOWING
What point of view is this?
a) Third person Objective b) Third Person Limited c)Third person Omniscient
c) Third person omniscient
What is the connotation of RED in I hollered myself red the day I was born. Which two connotations can it be? Think deeper - what is re_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
1) positive 2) negative 3) neutral
2) Negative
Red is a physical color. It connotes raw emotion, anger, struggle... there is another interpretation if you go further...
resilience is positive...
He had the eye of a vulture - a pale blue eye, with a film over it.
Metaphor: the vulture eye is a metaphor makes it seem cold, predatory
The storm swallowed the light.
Personification.
Chatty / Social
neutral to positive