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RL 8.6
Point of View and Suspense
Point of View
1. Point of View
Definition: the narrator's position in relation to the story being told
Do you know as much as your character knows?
1st Person
1st Person
Definition: 1st person means that someone/a character is telling his or her story.
Pronouns: I, my, me, mine
Example: "I have always wanted to be a teacher."
Example text type: memoir, autobiography, novel
2nd Person
2nd Person
Definition: the author addresses the reader.
Pronouns: you, your, yourself
Example: You've always wanted to be a teacher.
Example text type: a letter, a speech
3rd Person
Definition: a narrator is telling the story, giving the perspective of one or more characters
Pronouns: his, hers, him, her, they, their, them
Click the two types of 3rd person on the right to learn more.
3rd Person
3rd Person Limited
The narrator tells the story from the perspective of one character.
Pronouns: he, her, they, his, hers, their, them
3rd Person Limited
3rd Person Omniscient
The narrator tells the story of many characters including each of their perspectives.
Omniscient: all knowing
Pronouns: he, her, they, his, hers, their, them
3rd Person Omniscient
How do author's use point of view to create suspense?
Suspense: state or feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen
2. POV + Suspense
Suspense has to do with who has knowledge:
How is suspense created?
- The reader
- The characters
- The narrator
When the author gives one person knowledge, but not another, it adds suspense.
When do we feel suspense?
When do we feel suspense?
- One character knows something that another character does not
- The reader knows something the character does not.
- Both the reader and the character lack information.
Video: Creating suspense.