Work through the list without notes. If you cannot do a statement, follow its link, then come back. Guide = study guide; Practice = practice questions.
Understanding
- I can explain that a narrator or speaker is not necessarily the author. (Guide: “Who is telling this, and from where?”; Practice question 7)
- I can explain the difference between perspective and point of view. (Guide: “Who is telling this, and from where?”)
- I can describe what first-person and third-person narrators can and cannot provide. (Guide: “First person and third person”; Practice question 6)
- I can explain how a narrator’s perspective controls details and emphases. (Guide: “Perspective controls emphasis”)
Skills
- I can identify the narrator and point of view of a passage from its pronouns and how close it stays to one mind. (Guide: Worked examples 1 and 2; Practice questions 1 and 4)
- I can tell what a narrator knows that a character does not. (Practice questions 1 and 2)
- I can read words that carry the narrator’s or character’s judgement. (Guide: Worked example 1; Practice questions 3 and 5)
- I can write a short claim about a narrator’s perspective with two details. (Practice question 8)
Reasoning
- I can explain why a gap between a narrator’s account and the details invites the reader to infer more. (Guide: Worked example 2, Step 4)
- I can compare what two narrators can provide. (Practice question 9)
- I can replace “it is first person” with a sentence about what first-person narration does in a passage. (Guide: “Strong and weak statements about narrators”)
All ticked? Move on to the Topic 1.5 study guide, Writing a paragraph with a claim and textual evidence, or return to the revision notes.