This is my first blog it is a project from my homeschool curriculum Writing Strands Level # 7. I highly encourage comments and critiques and hope that any who read will do so. I want to be an author some day and as a result the more critiques I get the more I can learn. Not all of my posts will be just like this one. There will be several creative as well as essay form post. Subscribe and you might be surprised. :) (but this is a little early for that isn't it.) The point of this lesson was to learn how to distinguish between the many types of narrative voice.
Writing Strands Lesson # 5
Point of View
EXPOSITORY ESSAY
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POINT OF VIEW
Hello, have you ever read a book or article that you really enjoyed? Did you come away from that piece thinking, “I really enjoyed the way that narrative voice told me everything.”? Of course not. You may, however, have thought that the author writing the piece portrayed his or her thoughts well.
Why would I bring up such a silly thought? Well, when an author writes a story or article he or she does not tell you his or her thoughts directly; but indirectly, by the way of a narrative voice. This voice assumes specific angles and traits that help give a story depth and its own unique ring.
With a little practice the many options that an author has, in positioning his narrative voice, can become recognizable and easily distinguishable from one another.
Would you like me to show you? To create their narrative voice authors use these elements: Person, Number, Tense, Attitude, Involvement, Knowledge, and Perspective.
