P.S./I.S. 102Q
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The Outsiders: Chapter 1 Part 1- Character Perspective
Narration is the act or process of telling the story. Every story has a narrator. The narration is
every part of the text that is not in quotation marks. This includes she said/he said parts.
Point of View
"Point of View" refers to the perspective from which a story is told.
• The writer chooses a narrator for every story.
• The narrator tells the story from either the first-person or the third-person point of view.
• The author's choice of narrator for a story determines the amount of information a
reader will be given.
First Person- character narrates their own story.
Third Person- an outside character or person tells you someone else’s story.
The following are the five major points of view:
First person: The narrator ("I") is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts
and feelings and what he or she sees and is told by other characters.
Second-Person: An outside narrator tells the story to another character (audience) using “You.”
The story is being told through the “audience’s” point of view.
Third-person objective: The narrator is an outsider who can report only what he or she sees
and hears.
Third-person limited: The narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the
characters.
Third-person omniscient: The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of
more than one of the characters.
Greasers
Socs
Describe Ponyboy’s perspective on the difference between Greasers and Socs. Use at least 2
details from the text to support your response.
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*Circle the score
2 Points
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Has a claim (restates
and answers the
question)
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2 relevant pieces of
evidence to support
your claim
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Shows deep thought
(inference,
elaboration, etc)
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Weaves indirect and
direct quotes
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Includes citations
1.8 points
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Has a claim (restates and answers the
question)
•
2 relevant pieces of evidence to support
your claim
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Shows some deep thought (inference,
elaboration, etc)
•
Weaves indirect and direct quotes
•
MISSING CITATIONS and/or needs some
further elaboration
1 Point
My response has
a claim with only
1 piece of
evidence
1 Point
My response has
a claim with no
evidence
1.5 points
1 Point
My response
doesn’t have a
claim but has 2
pieces of
evidence
1 Point
My response
doesn’t have a
claim but has
one piece of
evidence
Has a claim (restates and answers the
question)
2 relevant pieces of evidence to support your
claim
What could be done to improve the response?
1 Point
My response
has a claim
and 2 pieces
of evidence
BUT the claim
and/or some
of the
evidence is
incorrect.
0 Points
My response is:
*Inaccurate
*Blank
*Unreadable