This document discusses narrative perspective and pronoun usage. It provides examples of first person perspective using pronouns like I, second person using you, and third person perspectives using he/she/they. It also distinguishes between third limited perspective, where the narrator knows the thoughts of one character, and omniscient, where the narrator knows the thoughts of all characters. Examples are included to demonstrate these different narrative perspectives.
3. Uses pronouns: he, she, him, her, they, them,
He loves tacos.
They love tacos.
4. Uses pronouns he, she, him, her, they them
A story is told by an outside narrator that
knows the thoughts and feelings of one
character
5. Uses pronouns he, she, him, her, they them
A story is told by an outside narrator that
knows the thoughts and feelings of all
characters
Omniscient = all knowing
6. Circle any pronouns you see (he, she, I, they,
etc.)
Underline any thoughts or feelings you see.
7. Astrid watched the moon rise over the
mountains. Thoughts of the night they
discovered the old house flooded into her
mind. She remembered how that night the
world seemed changed forever. She
wondered what her brother Billy was
thinking. She was afraid that he couldnt
remember that night.
8. Astrid watched the moon rise over the
mountains. Thoughts of the night they
discovered the old house flooded into her
mind. She remembered how that night the
world seemed changed forever.
Billy also remembered that night. He could
not forget the first time they saw the house.
He was full of fear.
9. 1. Tim was mad at Jen. He blamed her. Jen just
left without saying anything. She left a note
and then left him.
10. 2. Tim was mad at Jen. He blamed her. Jen
knew Tim would be mad, but she wanted to
live her life.
11. 3. We were walking to the store, when I heard
some footsteps following us. We ran as fast
as we could.
12. 4. Hector was hungry, and really wanted tacos.
If only I had some tacos, he thought to
himself. Mr. Bullard continued to teach the
class about narrative perspective.
13. 5. Hector was hungry, and really wanted tacos.
If only I had some tacos, he thought to
himself. Mr. Bullard knew that Hector
wanted tacos, but he continued to teach the
class about narrative perspective.