Compare and contrast the perspectives in a variety of fiction, nonfiction, informational, digital, and multimodal texts produced from diverse historical, cultural, and global viewpoints.
Arkansas Academic Standards:
RL.8.6
Analyze how differences in the points of view and/or perspectives of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
Arizona - K-12 Academic Standards:
8.RL.6
Common Core State Standards:
Literacy.RL.8.6
Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE):
ELAGSE8RL6
Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
North Carolina - Standard Course of Study:
RL.8.6
Analyze how differences in the perspectives of the characters and the audience or reader create such effects as suspense or humor.
New York State Next Generation Learning Standards:
8R6
In literary texts, analyze how the differences between the point of view, perspectives of the
characters, the audience, or reader create effects such as mood and tone. (RL)
Tennessee Academic Standards:
8.RL.CS.6
Analyze how similarities and differences in the points of view of the audience and the characters create effects such as suspense, humor, or dramatic irony.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS):
8.6.C*
Analyze different forms of point of view, including limited versus omniscient, subjective versus objective.
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
CC.1.3.8.D
Analyze how differences in the points of view of the characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
Pennsylvania Core Standards:
E08.A-C.2.1.1
Analyze how differences in the points of view of characters and the audience or reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
8th Grade Reading - Point of View in Literature Lesson
Point of View in Literature
The point of view of a story is who is telling the story, or whose thoughts and feelings are shown. Some stories are told in first person point of view, and some are told in third person point of view.
First person – when a character in the story tells the reader the story from his/her point of view. Stories told in first person point of view use words like “I,” “we,” and “us.”
Third person – when a narrator that is not a character tells the reader the story. Stories told in third person point of view use words like “he,” “she,” and “them.”
When you read, ask yourself who is telling the story. Is it a character in the story? Is it a narrator that is not part of the story?
If you do not know, read the passage again and ask yourself whose thoughts and feelings are shown in the text.
As you read, think about how changing the point of view could change the story. What more could the reader know?
As you read, think about whether or not different characters in the story think or feel differently about something. How are their points of view different? Does their point of view create suspense or humor?
Dramatic Irony
Dramatic Irony is a literary device in which the characters do not know something the reader or the audience knows. Dramatic irony often creates suspense or humor in the passage.
These are some examples of dramatic irony:
The reader knows who cheated on the exams, but the teacher does not. This creates suspense.
The reader knows that the boy is walking around with the price tag sticking out, but he does not. This creates humor.