Point of View
What is point of view?
The person/narrator who is telling the story
What does it mean to make an inference?
To use clues and what you know to figure something out
What is the main idea of a story or paragraph?
What the story is mostly about.
What is a character trait?
A word that describes how a character acts, feels, or thinks.
What clues tell you that a story is in the first person?
The story uses words like, "I," "me," or "my"
You see a character with an umbrella and raincoat. What can you infer?
What are details in a text used for?
To support or explain the main idea
If a character helps others and shares their lunch, what trait describes them?
What clues tell you that a story is in the third person point of view?
The story has words like "he," "she," or "they"
The boy's stomach growled, and he ran to the kitchen. What can you infer?
He is hungry.
If a paragraph talks about all the ways dogs help people, what is the main idea?
Dogs help people in many ways.
In a story, how can you tell what a character's traits are?
By what they say, do, think, and how others react to them
What is the difference between first person and third person point of view?
First person is told by a character in the story, and third person is told by someone outside the story.
Why do authors make readers infer instead of telling everything directly?
To make to story more interesting and engaging.
How can you find the main idea of a paragraph?
Look for repeated words or the most important topic sentence
What traits describes someone who never gives up, even when things are hard?
Determined or persistent
If you know what every character is thinking and feeling, what point of view is that?
Third person omniscient.
If a girl hides a broken vase before her mom comes home, what can you infer?
She accidentally broke it and doesn't want to get in trouble.
Read this: "Bees make honey, pollinate flowers, and help plants grow." What is the main idea?
Bees are helpful to nature.
A character lies to their friends to stay out of trouble. What trait does this show?
Dishonest or sneaky