POV/Perspective

2. a report or description of an event or experience
5. the vantage point from which a story is told. (You can ask yourself, who is telling the story: is the narrator a character IN the story, or simply an outside observer?)
7. the character is telling the story from their own viewpoint. Clue Words: “I”, “me”, “my”, “we”, & “us.”
8. This POV is rarely used because the narrator addresses YOU, directly. Clue Words: “You,” “You’ve”, “Your,” “You’re.”
9. a change of the voice expressing a particular feeling or mood
11. able to be trusted, on you can depend on, trustworthy
13. prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair
14. a bad, unwelcome, or unpleasant quality, characteristic, or aspect of a situation or person, denial, disagreement, or refusal
15. The narrator tells the story but is not a character in/or part of the story. This narrator can read the mind of and tell the thoughts and feelings of only ONE character.

1. supportive, encouraging, optimistic, or confident
3. This narrator is not a character in the story, but is an all-knowing reporter about every event (past,present, or future) and every character. This omniscient narrator knows inside the mind of EVERY character and can share all of their thoughts and feelings.
4. The narrator tells the story but is not a part of the story. This narrator CAN NOT tell the thoughts and feelings of ANY characters, and can only report what the characters do and say. Sample clue words: “He, she, they, him, herself..etc.”
6. also known as the speaker is the one that is telling the story, play, or poem
10. the way YOU view a situation, person, place, or event. This is based on your own `personal experiences, bias, your culture, and schema.
12. a way of looking at a particular work of literature by focusing on style choices, plot, and character interactions and how they show a certain theme