UEQ:
How do literary elements
create an engaging story,
and how can I use these elements
to write a personal narrative?
LEQ: How can specific
pronouns determine a
point of view?
Key Vocabulary:
 point of view
 1st person,
 2nd person,
 3rd person limited,
 3rd person objective,
 3rd person omniscient,
 pronoun, antecedent
Activating Strategy:
Pronoun Pretest
 How much do you know about pronouns?
 How many different kinds of pronouns do
you know?
 Which pronouns are important for
determining point of view in a narrative?
Go to eBackpack---look for MP2, Unit 2,
lesson 1, pronoun pretest
Discovery Moment…
 Pair Share with a partner and of any of
the kinds of pronouns on the quiz that
you may need to review because you
don’t remember them or haven’t
studied them.
AP #1: How to identify and
use singular and plural
pronouns and their
possessive forms?
Why is this important?
Pronouns determine the point of view of
a narrative. Pronouns need to be used
correctly to be effective.
Activity 1:
 1 Minute story-- Listen as someone tells a story
with 5 sentences about what s/he
did last night…without using
personal pronouns.
No “I,” “you,” “he,she,it” “we,” or
“they”
Story Share: What do you
notice about narratives
without pronouns?
Summary:
Pronouns are significant!
Overview of Pronouns…
Go to eBackpack…
MP2, Unit 2, lesson 1….find the
Overview of Pronouns
worksheets.
Fill in the answers as we
consider the different kinds of
pronouns.
What is a pronoun?
 A pronoun is a word that takes the
place of a noun.
Personal Pronouns
 Refer to: people and animals
I, me
We, us
You,
He, she, it
Him, her
They, them
Demonstrative Pronouns
 Refer to: specific people, places,
or things—they demonstrate or
“point out”
 Examples of Each Type:
 this, that , these, those
Demonstrative pronouns
Pointing to things that are near:
This and These
Pointing to things that are far:
That and Those
Indefinite
 Refers to: nouns in a general way;
they do not refer to a
noun/pronoun in particular
 Examples of Each Type:
All, both, many, each, some,
nobody, several, anyone, nothing,
other(s), etc.
Some Indefinite Pronouns
Singular
another
anybody
anyone
anything
each
either
everybody
everyone
everything
much
neither
nobody
Plural
no one
nothing
one
somebody
someone
something
both
few
many
others
several
SINGULAR or PLURAL: All, any, most, none
and some can be singular or plural, depending
on the phrase that follows them.
Pronoun Improvisation
Act a scene in which the only lines
spoken must contain a
demonstrative pronoun.
Interrogative Pronouns
 Refer to: Used to ask questions
 Examples
 Whose , which, who, whom, what
Interrogative Pronouns
Who
which
whose
what
Whom—objective form
Pronoun Improvisation
Act a scene in which the only lines
spoken must begin with an interrogative
pronoun.
Reflexive Pronouns
 Refer to: these pronouns refer
back to nouns/pronouns in the
sentence
Examples:
 Herself, himself, itself, ourselves,
myself, yourself, yourselves,
themselves
Intensive
 Refer to: these pronouns emphasize
another noun/pronoun in the sentence.
 Examples: Same as reflexive, but used
differently.
 Herself, himself, itself, ourselves, myself,
yourself, yourselves, themselves.
Possessive Pronouns
 Refer to: show ownership or
possession---do not use
apostrophes!
 Examples: my, mine, your(s), his,
her, its, their,theirs, our, ours, ---whose
Pronoun Overview
Practice
 Find the personal pronouns—how
many are there in this sentence?
He gave me the bottle and then we
went with her to the store, but it
was closed.
Pronoun Overview
Personal Pronoun
Practice #1
He gave me the bottle and then
we went with her to the store,
but it was closed.
Pronoun Overview
Personal Pronoun
Practice #2
How many personal pronouns can
you find?
We told them that she and he
wanted to go but the bus was full
and it couldn’t hold them, so they
had to walk with us.
Pronoun Overview
Personal Pronoun
Practice #2
We told them that she and he
wanted to go but the bus was
full and it couldn’t hold them, so
they had to walk with us.
Pronouns “Buyer Beware”
 You cannot just look at a pronoun
and know what it is---You have to
know what it is doing and how it is
functioning in the sentence.
In each sentence below, what kind
of pronoun is “her?”
1. He gave her the dress.
2. Her dress was pretty.
Which type of pronoun do
we use with point of view?
Personal!
Personal Pronouns: How
do we classify them?
Three things we consider:
1. person—1st, 2nd, or 3rd singular or
plural
2. Gender—male, female, or neuter
3. Form—subject, object, possessive
(2)
Classifying Forms of
Personal Pronouns
 Practice: Page 440, The Writer’s
Craft
 Subject form
 Object form
 Possessive form
AP #2: How to identify a
pronoun’s antecedent
Rule: Only use a pronoun if
you have established a clear
antecedent.
So, what is an antecedent?
What is an antecedent?
 Whatever kind of pronoun you
have, the pronoun takes the place
of a specific noun you’ve already
mentioned.
 The noun that a pronoun refers to
is called an antecedent.
More about antecedents…
 That’s spelled with an “a-n-t-e,” not
an “a-n-t-i.”
 "Anti-" is a prefix meaning “against,”
as in “antisocial.”
 “Ante” is a prefix for things that go
before other things; “ante mortem”
means “before death,” for example.
Antecedent…make it
clear.
 In the sentence “The driver totaled his car,”
the word “his” refers back to “driver,” so
“driver” is the antecedent of the pronoun
“his.”
 It would sound silly to repeat the noun: “The
driver totaled the driver’s car.”
 So, in simple sentences like this, readers are
clear on what pronoun is replacing what
noun.
Antecedent
problems…can you figure
out what’s wrong?
Identify the problem in these sentences:
A.
That's what they want you to think.
“They" has no antecedent. It isn't
clear who "they" are.
Antecedent
problems…can you figure
out what’s wrong?
B.
When you get close to her, grab
The first pronoun, "her," comes before
the antecedent, "Snuffles.”
Antecedent
problems…can you figure
out what’s wrong?
It's not clear which subject is the
antecedent for "he." It could be either
the officer or the burglar.
Antecedent
problems…can you figure
out what’s wrong?
D.
Green's second single sold more than
It's not clear whether "Its" refers to the
first single or the second single. The
antecedent is ambiguous
Antecedent
problems…can you figure
out what’s wrong?
"It" has no antecedent.
F:
Antecedent
problems…can you figure
out what’s wrong?
If it isn't shipped on dry ice, the ice
cream will melt.
The pronoun, "it," comes before its
antecedent, "the ice cream.”
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See more at:
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/pronouns-andantecedents?page=2#sthash.p4GYAWlh.dpuf
Practice with Pronouns
 Go to eBackpack. You may use your notes
to complete these practices.
 You need to “screen shot” your notes in
order to access them.
 Practice #1 and Practice #2 are selfcontained;
 You will need the textbook “The Writer’s
Craft” in order to complete practice #3.
Avoid the 3 most common
Antecedent Errors
A visit with Grammar Girl
http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar
/pronouns-and-antecedents?page=2
AP#3: What are the types
of point of view and how
to identify them?
Go to eBackpack.
Find your Point of View Types
worksheet.
Fill in the 5 types of point of view.