2. When a writer begins a
new story he or she must
decide :
“Who will tell the story?”
3. A story is told through
the eyes and mouth of
a character
or a narrator (story
teller).
4. An author can tell a story from the
First-Person point of view.
OR
The author can use the
Third-Person point of view.
5. In the first-person point of view, the story is
told by one of the characters. The character
uses words such as I or me.
•
The story teller is a
character in the story.
•
As the reader, you
experience the story
only from what that
character knows,
thinks, and feels.
6. In a third-person book:
The story teller is not a character in the book.
The story teller….
•tells what has
happened….
•what is happening….
•or what might happen.