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FOUR T’s for LITERATURE

Title, Text Plot, Text Point of View, Text Theme

When:

Where:

Characters: Protagonist

Character trait:

Antagonist

a. internal

b. external

Problem/conflict:

Climax:

Resolution:

TEXT POINT OF

TITLE TEXT PLOT

Title:___________________________________________________________________ Author:________________________________________________________________ What do you know about the author? Type of literature: poem, story, drama _______________________________________ Author’s purpose: ______________________________________________________ Author’s message:___________________________________________________

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POINT OF VIEW (RI & RL .6) Informational Point of View An informational point of view is closely related, but is not the main idea or purpose. Even though the text falls under the umbrella of “informational” writing, it will contain elements of persuasive and argumentative writing. Many times, an author will use “persuasive techniques” within the writing. An author’s point of view can be:

• an attitude • a feeling • a position • a belief • an out look • a viewpoint • an opinion • a judgment • a perspective • a certain way of thinking • a way of considering something • author’s message

Literature Point of View When a good reader reads, he/she automatically asks, “Who is telling this story?” When you do this you are asking about point of view. Point of view is the vantage point from which a story is told. Point of view is the narrator of the story. When determining the point of view, look at the pronouns.

Omniscient:

In some stories, the narrator, or story teller – is omniscient (all knowing). This narrator is “above the action.” This narrator can tell you everything about all the characters, even their most private thoughts. This all knowing narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems. This all-knowing character can even tell us about the past, present, and the future of the characters. This narrator can tell us what the characters are thinking or what is happening in other places of parts of the world. The narrator is not in the story.

First-person point of view:

A story can also be told by one of the characters. In this viewpoint, the character speaks as “I.” We call this first-person point of view. In this point of view, we know only what this one character can tell us. Sometimes that isn’t very reliable. All of our information about this story must come from this one person.

Limited third person point-of-view: Often a story is seen through the eyes of one character, but the character is not telling the story. This is called limited third-person point of view. In this point of view, an omniscient narrator zooms in on one character and tells the story from his and her vantage point. The narrator tells the story through that person’s eyes. The narrator focuses on the thoughts and feelings of just one character. Our knowledge is limited to what the character sees, thinks, and feels. It makes us feel as if we get to know this one character very, very well–often better than the person knows himself, or herself.

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The author expresses his or her point of view through citations, E’s, current events, opinions, references, the use of loaded words (words that slant), visuals, etc.

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We can determine how an author conveys his or her point of view by: • Determining the text structure and major details • Determining the author’s purpose • Determining how the author uses the E’s

Pro, Objective, or Con?

Select one: Use evidence to support your response.

TEXT THEME

THEME:

Evidence:

Use evidence page #, paragraph or stanza #, and line/s #.