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If you've found point of view interesting, be sure to check out the lesson on valuing and judging, which deals with some of the interesting effects that can be created by a narrator and character who have different feelings about a situation.

Don't just notice the grammatical person—pay attention to the relationship between narrator, characters, and audience.

Who do you get to see inside?
How does the narrator show you what's going on inside characters?
How many characters can you see inside?
Does the narrator ever tell you anything the characters don't know? Or withhold information they do know?

Remember, what you're looking at is—between the audience, narrator, and characters—who knows what?

Here are some weird little point of view experiments you can try while going about your day:

Notice what you are thinking and feeling, maybe even write it down. How do you talk to yourself? How do you describe your experiences?
Look at someone around you and imagine you were narrating their experience back to them in second person. How do you think they would react?
Watch someone around you and mentally narrate their action, then add your own authorial commentary over the top—how might your opinion about what they are doing differ from their opinion?

Where did the snippets come from?

Point Blanc, by James Patterson

Fast paced action spy story. Part of the Alex Rider series.

The Book of Lies, by James Moloney

A fantasy adventure involving secret identies, a magical book that may or may not be telling the truth, and lots of twists.

So Done, by Paula Chase

A book about the complicated relationships we have with friends and community.

Redwall, by Brian Jacques

A quest to recover a legendary lost weapon by bumbling young apprentice monk, mouse Matthias. First in a long series!

The Bad Beginning, by Lemony Snicket

The Baudelaire orphans try to stay alive long enough to claim their inheritance before the villainous Count Olaf and his theatre troop of henchmen take it from them.

The Night Circus, by Erin Morgenstern

A lyrical, poetic story about an enchanted circus created by two duelling magicians.

Growing up Disabled in Australia, edited by Carly Findlay

A collection of honest, personal, and detailed accounts of what it is like to grow up with disability or chronic illness. A great shared account of experiences that affect many people, but are rarely represented in media.

When Did You See Her Last?, by Lemony Snicket

A funny, creepy mystery in which Lemony Snicket attempts to find a missing girl in a creepy seaside town.

Where did the lesson card image come from?

The lesson card image is by the amazing British illustrator and graphic designer Matt Taylor—it's a cover design for John Le Carre's novel, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

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(Ghost Buddy by @Lauresillus)

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