Explain the influence of narrator(s), including unreliable narrator(s), and/or shifts in point of view in a literary text.
Clarifications
Clarification 1: An unreliable narrator is one who lacks credibility. Because all information is being conveyed through this untrustworthy source, readers have to use inferencing to establish what is likely to be true. Narrators can be unreliable for many reasons including purposeful dishonesty, a lack of information or background knowledge about what that information means, mental illness, or self-deception.
Clarification 2: "Shifts in point of view” refers to a change in the narrator’s point of view done for effect. Changes can be in degree and/or person: for example, a shift from third-person limited to third-person omniscient or from first-person limited to third-person limited.
Subject Area: English Language Arts (B.E.S.T.)
Grade: 7
Date Adopted or Revised: 08/20
Status: State Board Approved
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Related Access Points
| Access Point Number |
Access Point Title |
| ELA.7.R.1.AP.3a | Identify an unreliable narrator. |
| ELA.7.R.1.AP.3b | Explain how the narrator’s shifts in points of view change in the text. |
