ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Nonfiction expresses the writer’s unique point of view. What is point of view?
A
A writer’s perspective about a subject.
B
A writer’s purpose for writing.
C
The sequence of events.
D
The place and time that the story occurs.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The point of view in a nonfiction text is the way that the author feels about the topic or event. It goes beyond PIE (persuade, inform, entertain)-the author’s purpose that students know and LOVE and beyond the first or third person narrators of fictional points of view.

Detailed explanation-2: -Point of view is the writer’s way of deciding who is telling the story to whom. Establishing a clear point of view is important because it dictates how your reader interprets characters, events, and other important details. There are three kinds of point of view: first person, second person, and third person.

Detailed explanation-3: -Usually, a work of creative nonfiction is narrated in first-person, though sometimes it can be written in third-person. It can be lyric and personal or representing important moments in history. They also might be more objective and scholarly, like many pieces of investigative journalism.

Detailed explanation-4: -First person point of view. First person perspective is when “I” am telling the story. Second person point of view. Third person point of view, limited. Third person point of view, omniscient.

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