Identify narrative viewpoint

Supplied materials

• Paper and pencil, or a browser text area. All named people/events/records are fictional learning inputs.
• Worked case: Sound: rain/train at line ends. Break: morning becomes evening. Highlight: JO: . Narration: I wished the train would arrive.
• Primary check: Sound: soft silver sand. Break: beach becomes kitchen. Highlight: "Please wait." Narration: Jo wondered silently while Lee stood outside; only Jo’s thoughts are supplied.
• Original story: Jo waited outside a workshop. Jo worried that the folded model would look small beside the others. Inside, Lea privately wished someone would explain the hinge on her large model. Jo entered and held up the fold. Lea asked a question, and Jo answered. This passage reveals two characters’ thoughts, unlike a version limited only to Jo’s mind. Original script: JO: This fold lets it bend. [Jo turns the paper slowly.] LEA: Can you show it again?

Learn the idea

First person tells with I or we. Third-person limited reveals one character’s thoughts; omniscient can reveal several; external narration only reports observable actions in this exercise.

Check pronouns and whose inner thoughts the supplied passage reveals. Do not infer omniscience from a name alone.

Example to read or listen to: Sound: rain/train at line ends. Break: morning becomes evening. Highlight: JO: . Narration: I wished the train would arrive. The answer is first person. The relevant input states: Narration: I wished the train would arrive. This fits first person. First person tells with I or we. Third-person limited reveals one character’s thoughts; omniscient can reveal several; external narration only reports observable actions in this exercise. External narration does not state hidden feelings.

1. Read or listen to the worked example. Say what the reading or writing task asks you to find. An adult can help with unfamiliar words.
2. Check pronouns and whose inner thoughts the supplied passage reveals. Do not infer omniscience from a name alone.
3. Check the worked solution: first person. The relevant input states: Narration: I wished the train would arrive. This fits first person. First person tells with I or we. Third-person limited reveals one character’s thoughts; omniscient can reveal several; external narration only reports observable actions in this exercise. External narration does not state hidden feelings.
4. Try the question and the practice questions. Point to the words that helped you choose before checking the feedback.

Check your reasoning

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Take it further

Optional extra practice: Compose an original two-stanza poem with a stated morning-to-night shift and one repeated line. Turn its last event into a short script containing a scene heading, speaker label, dialogue and stage direction. Explain one viewpoint choice. Practice this lesson’s skill as you complete the task. Use this idea to check your work: First person tells with I or we. Third-person limited reveals one character’s thoughts; omniscient can reveal several; external narration only reports observable actions in this exercise.

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