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Curated Video
Irony and Point of View
This video discusses verbal, situational, and dramatic irony as well as omniscient point of view.
Curated Video
Animal Farm: Orwell’s structural and stylistic choices
Pupil outcome: I can explain why Orwell has made specific choices about structure and style. Key learning points: - Orwell uses a simple and detached style to get his message across. - Orwell uses and subverts the conventions of a fairy...
Curated Video
Emulating Murakami’s craft to write a descriptive opening
Pupil outcome: I can write an engaging descriptive opening paragraph using an omniscient perspective and extended metaphor. Key learning points: - Using an omniscient perspective allows the reader to be more immersed in a scene...
Curated Video
Exploring structure in Murakami's ‘After Dark’
Pupil outcome: I can identify and comment on the effect of interesting structural features in ‘After Dark’. Key learning points: - Structure refers to the way a text has been organised. - Different structural features can have different...
Curated Video
Predestination and human freedom
Pupil outcome: I can explain what a belief in predestination is and different perspectives on how this can relate to the idea of human freedom in Islam. Key learning points: - Muslims beileve that Allah is all powerful and all knowing -...
Curated Video
Creative writing in the third person inspired by Katherine Mansfield's 'The Fly'
Pupil outcome: I can rewrite two paragraphs of Katherine Mansfield's short story 'The Fly' (1922) shifting the focus from the boss to the character of Macey, the boss's employee. Key learning points: - Katherine Mansfield’s 'The Fly' is...
Curated Video
Analysing how Hughes presents the power of nature in 'Hawk Roosting'
Pupil outcome: I can explain how Hughes uses language, form and structure to present the power of nature. Key learning points: - Hughes' poem takes the form of a dramatic monolgue from the perspective of the hawk. - The hawk is presented...
Wonderscape
Understanding Third Person Point of View in Literature
Explore the concept of third person point of view in literature, which differs from first and second person perspectives. Learn about the tools used in third person narration, including omniscient, limited, and objective viewpoints....
Wonderscape
Exploring Points of View in Literature: First Person Perspective
Delve into the intricacies of first person point of view in literature, where stories are narrated by characters directly involved in the events. Learn about the nuances of singular and plural first person perspectives through examples...
Curated Video
Fox and Crow: What’s the Point?
Mr. Griot explains first and third person points of view using the story of Fox and Crow.
Curated Video
Point of View
“Point of View” will help students to decipher between the different points of view, including first-person point of view, third-person limited point of view, and third-person omniscient point of view.
Curated Video
Exploring Points of View
Exploring Points of View identifies and analyzes use of various points of view by describing first-person, third-person, third-person limited, and omniscient point of view.
The Learning Depot
Elements of Literary Fiction: Characters, Setting, Plot, Theme, and Point of View
Literary elements are the technical components in all narrative stories. They are the universal and essential elements of all narrative fiction. And all are integral to creating the basic structure of a story in an engaging, compelling,...
Wonderscape
Literature Kids: Understanding Point of View in Literature
This video is a teacher explaining the different points of view used in storytelling. The teacher discusses first person, second person, and third person points of view, and provides examples from literature to illustrate each. The video...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Narrator
This slide show tutorial provides an introduction to the narrator in fiction including the types of narrators.