choose your pov

To be an effective writer, you must know how to use different points of view and when to use each of them. In relation, points of view are important in writing your output under descriptive writing. You can't just assume that all the visitors who will be dropping by the Iloilo National High School are students and teachers. Children, the world is jam-packed with different people; so expect an unusual visitor before our alma mater's gate.

Take note that "point of view" is also called "perspective" or "angle".

Let's go to the lesson proper. I believe you guys are familiar with the types of point of view. Here is a review from www.learner.org:

*Notes: (1) After reading this, you may discuss with your group what POV to use (you can use all if you think it could work out your map).
(2) I may or may not give a quiz on this next week, but definitely, this will be included in the second grading.

Types of Point of View

Objective Point of View
With the objective point of view, the writer tells what happens without stating more than can be inferred from the story's action and dialogue. The narrator never discloses anything about what the characters think or feel, remaining a detached observer.

Third Person Point of View
Here the narrator does not participate in the action of the story as one of the characters, but lets us know exactly how the characters feel. We learn about the characters through this outside voice. *The narrator uses pronouns like "he", "she", and "they."

Second Person Point of View
In second person point of view, the narrator tells the story to another character using "you," so that the story is being told through the addressee's point of view. Second person is the least commonly used POV in fiction.

First Person Point of View
In the first person point of view, the narrator does participate in the action of the story. When reading stories in the first person, we need to realize that what the narrator is recounting might not be the objective truth. We should question the trustworthiness of the accounting. *Because the narrator uses "I", this angle is also called the "I" point of view.

Omniscient and Limited Omniscient Points of View
A narrator who knows everything about all the characters is all knowing, or omniscient.

A narrator whose knowledge is limited to one character, either major or minor, has a limited omniscient point of view.

*Please read the comment page for more tips on the map project. Thanks!