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What is Point of View?

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Point of view is the perspective from which a story is told.

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What is 1st Person Point of View?

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1st person point of view uses 'I' or 'we' and is told from the narrator's perspective.

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What is 3rd Person Point of View?

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3rd person point of view uses 'he', 'she', or 'they' and is told from an outside perspective.

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Identify the point of view in the sentence: 'I love my new bike.'

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1st person point of view.

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Identify the point of view in the sentence: 'She enjoys reading books.'

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3rd person point of view.

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What clue words indicate 1st Person Point of View?

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Clue words include 'I', 'me', 'my', 'we', 'us', 'our'.

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What clue words indicate 3rd Person Point of View?

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Clue words include 'he', 'she', 'they', 'them', 'his', 'her'.

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Example of a sentence in 1st Person Point of View.

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'I went to the park with my friends.'

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Example of a sentence in 3rd Person Point of View.

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'Tom went to the store to buy some milk.'

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What is the main difference between 1st and 3rd Person Point of View?

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1st person is from the narrator's perspective, while 3rd person is from an outside perspective.