by melaniewp | Aug 12, 2013 | 11+, Common Entrance, First Person, KS2, KS3, Omniscient Narrator, Second Person, Third Person
What is First Person?Any writing that is told mostly using: I I I I I I I I I I I I I me me me me me me. It is from the point of view of someone telling their own story to the reader.Is it still first person if… there is more than one person telling their...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Common Entrance, Creative Writing, KS3, Short Stories, The Monkey's Paw, Third Person
This story is scary. Don’t say I didn’t warn you…The Monkey’s PawW.W. Jacobs, 1902WITHOUT, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess,...
by melaniewp | May 5, 2013 | Common Entrance, Creative Writing, KS3, Omniscient Narrator, Short Stories, Third Person
The Gift of the MagiO. HenryOne dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent...
by melaniewp | Apr 10, 2013 | Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, Close Focus Third Person, First Person, Frankenstein, GCSE, IGCSE, Inclusive Language, Narrative, Omniscient Narrator, Point of View, Second Person, Third Person
How can I tell what point of view a story, poem or extract is written in? First, you need to know what the options are: Third Person (i.e. he, his, him /she, her /it /they, their /[name]) Second Person (addressed to: you, your, thee*, thou* or thine*...
