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This document explains the three types of narration perspectives in storytelling: first person, second person, and third person. First person narration involves a narrator telling the story using "I" or "we". Second person narration addresses the reader directly using "you". Third person narration refers to characters using names or pronouns like "he", "she", or "they" without including the narrator. The document provides examples of each type and instructs the reader to determine the narration perspective in sample paragraphs.

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Simple Point of View Lesson

This document explains the three types of narration perspectives in storytelling: first person, second person, and third person. First person narration involves a narrator telling the story using "I" or "we". Second person narration addresses the reader directly using "you". Third person narration refers to characters using names or pronouns like "he", "she", or "they" without including the narrator. The document provides examples of each type and instructs the reader to determine the narration perspective in sample paragraphs.

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Narrator’s Perspective

Point of View
Narrator
The one who tells the story

Characters
Everyone else in the story

What’s the narrator’s position in the story?


Or, what is the narrator’s POINT OF VIEW.
First-Person Narration
The Story

I or We
Characters the
Narrator

The narrator is involved in the story.


First-Person tells “me” or “my” story.

Example
I went to the store with my friend. The clerk
said, “Hi.” We bought candy and left.

Who is telling the story?

In First-Person the narrator is “I” or “we.”


Second-Person Narration
The Story

Characters You
(if any) the
Reader

The reader’s actions are narrated.


Second-Person tells “your” story.

Example
You stayed up late last night and now you’re
tired, but you need to pass this class.

From whose perspective is the story told?

In Second-Person the perspective of “you”


is narrated.

It is mainly used for instruction or directions.


Third-Person Narration
The Story

Characters
Narrator “He”
“She”
“They”

The narrator is outside of the story.


Third-Person tells “his” or “her” story.
Also will refer to characters by name

Example
Chris loved basketball. Everyday he
played after school. When it got dark, he
watched it on TV.

From whose perspective is the story told?


In Third-Person the perspective of “he” or
“she” is narrated.
Dialogue & Narration
Dialogue = When characters speak.

Narration = When the narrator speaks.

I went home. My mom said, “Did you get


out early?” I said, “No.”

ONLY LOOK AT THE NARRATION,


Or you’ll get confused.
Review
1st Person = Narrator tells the story of “I”

2nd Person = Narrator tells the story of “you”

3rd Person = Tells the story of “he” or “she”


Remember!
The Story

“I”
First-Person

“You” “He” & “She”


2nd-Person 3rd-Person

“I” am the first-person in the story.


“You” are the second-person.
“He” and “she” are the third.
Practice
I will read ten paragraphs from ten books.

You will determine whether the narrator’s


perspective is first, second, or third-person in
each text.

Write your answers on a separate sheet of


paper.

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