Friday, April 11, 2014

POV stands for Point of View!

When we talk about point of view in literature and writing, we're not talking about at what angle the picture was taken, or referring to the saying, "take a walk in their shoes."  Point of view is about the narrator of a story and what the supply for the reader from what they know.  There is obviously 1st, 2nd, and 3rd person which involve point of view.  Each point of view gives a different angle to the story.  When a story is written from a first person narrative, the reader can understand more about the narrator and know how they feel.  While when the narrator is a third person narrator, the reader can lose how the characters may feel, but through there actions and the narrator's descriptions of the settings and situations, the story can have a completely new perspective.

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