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Quick conversation
• Share your work with a partner. Read aloud the original and revised sentences. Discuss how they compare and which sentences you prefer. What is the effect of writing in the first-person point of view compared to the third-person point of view? Record notes from your discussion.
In my opinion, the -person sentencessound .
I think the -person sentences are effective because .
Present a Narrative
Now that you have analyzed and evaluated pronouns and point of view in “The Jacket,” write two versions of a brief narrative in which you describe something that happened at school recently. First, write your narrative in the third-person point of view, as though you are writing about yourself as a character in a story. Use third-person pronouns: “He/she arrived late to school that morning.” Write your narrative a second time, using the first-person point of view and first-person pronouns: “I arrived late to school that morning.” Read each of your narratives aloud, and ask your listeners to identify which point of view was more effective. Use the following space to write your narratives.
I prefer the -person sentences because .
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