All About Perspective
What is "perspective"?
How the narrator or character feels based on his or her own personal experiences and background.
What is point of view?
Point of view is the way the story is told. WHO is telling the story.
What is the point of view?
"Damian and Sarah loved to play Roblox. They played every day after finishing their homework."
Third Person
True or False:
The narrator's point of view and character's perspective are the same thing.
FALSE!
Point of view is related to who is telling the story and perspective is related to a character's attitude about the world.
What is First Person Point of View?
Stories including the words I, my, mine, me, myself.
What is the point of view?
"He was swimming back and forth until he was exhausted."
Third Person
JAMIE: Mom, can I go to Brad's birthday party?
MOM: Sure, if you take your little brother with you.
JAMIE: But he always annoys us!
MOM: If he doesn't go, you can't go.
JAMIE: Fine.
What is Jamie's perspective about the events in this drama?
Jamie doesn't want his brother to go to the party with him.
What is Third Person Point of View?
Stories with the words he, his, she, her, himself, herself, they, them, there, it.
What is the point of view:
"There was a school project due on Monday and I hadn't started yet!"
First Person
How is Michael's perspective of the race different than Jeffrey's?
Michael raised his arms in victory, so I can infer he won the race and is proud.
Jeffrey glares and has his arms crossed, so I can infer he did not win and is angry or jealous of Michael.
How does point of view work?
Point of view refers to who is telling or narrating a story. A story can be told from the first person, second person or third person point of view.
What is the point of view?
"I love it when my teacher tells me how proud she is of me!"
First Person
Skylar was playing video games and laughing with her friends. Her brother rolled his eyes and continued reading his favorite book.
How is Skylar's perspective about video games different than her brother's?
Skylar was laughing, so I can infer she is enjoying the video game.
Her brother rolled his eyes, so I can infer he thinks the video games are annoying.
True or False:
The narrator's point of view and character's perspective are the same thing.
FALSE!
Point of view is related to who is telling the story and perspective is related to a character's attitude about the world.
What is the point of view?
"David and Ally don't like pizza," my sister said.
"They can eat it for tonight," my mom told her.
First Person