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Writing a Myth Story
Drafting 2:Narrating the Story
Narrator
• the person who tells the story or ______________ the events of a story to a reader or audience. • The Narrator tells the story from
a specific point of view.
relates
Point of View• the __________________ from
which a story is told.
• It determines how the reader _________________ the story and understands the ________________.
• There are three main types of point of view.
perspective
interpretscharacters
First Person
• Narrator is a _______________ in the story; uses the first person “____” to tell the story
character
I
Third Person ___________
• Narrator does not _____________ in the action of the story; relates the thoughts and feelings of only _____ character
participate
one
Limited
Third Person _______________
• Narrator does not participate in the action of the story; relates the thoughts and feelings of ____________ characters.all
Omniscient
“Omniscient”
• “Omni-” = all– Ie: Omnipotent (all powerful)– Ie: Omnipresent (not restrained by space)– Ie: Omnivore (eat both plants and animals)
• “-scient:” from “scire;” to know – Ie: conscience
Example
• In an auto accident there is a driver (maybe two or three, depending on how many cars are involved), possibly passengers, and usually witnesses. Each world tell the story from his/her own _______________.Point of view
• The driver would tell the story from the ______________ person point of view. They would say things like “_____ saw him coming really fast straight at me, so ______ swerved to the right.”
first
II
• The passengers might say “___________________ was speeding straight towards us! My mom (the driver) veered off to the right to get out of his way!”
The other guy
• Witnesses to the accident might have a completely different viewpoint. “_____________ was driving too close to the yellow line in the middle of the road, and _______________ was coming straight towards her. ________ didn’t have enough time to move over to the right side of the road, because it seemed like ____________ was going way too fast.”
The lady
the guyHe
he
Crash
• told from the ___________________ point of view.
first person
The Lightning Thief
• told from the ___________________ point of view.
first person
the Trojan Horse
• Told from ______________________ point of view
third person omniscient