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POINT OF VIEW NOTES

Point of View: The person from whose eyes the story is being told.

Determining the Point of View of a Story:

• PRONOUNS:

1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person

Most pronouns “I”, “me”, Most pronouns “you”, Most pronouns “he”, “she”,
“my”, “we”, “us” “your”, “yourself”, etc. “they”, etc.

1st Person 2nd Person 3rd Person

• Narrator is a character in • The reader’s actions are • Narrator is not a


the story narrated. character in the story
• It is mainly used for
instruction or directions.

• How much the narrator knows about the events, feelings, and/or actions
of characters:

3rd Person Objective 3rd Person 3rd Person


Limited Unlimited
(Omniscient)

• Narrator can only tell the • Narrator does not know • Narrator knows all, sees
story in his/her own what is in other all, hears all, etc.
words, thoughts and character’s minds • Narrator can tell anything
feelings • Narrator can only tell (feelings, thoughts,
what is observable about unobservable actions, etc.)
other characters about any character.

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