Point of View

POINT OF VIEW

What is POINT OF VIEW?

POV is the perspective or eyes from which the story is told.

First-Person POV: me, my, mine, we, us, ours,

Second-Person POV: you, your (usually is used for instructions)

Third-Person POV: he, she, her, they, them (also character's names)

“I am in the room”

I = 1st Person

“You come in the room.”

You = 2nd Person

Usually For instructions

“Then he or she came in the room.”

He or She = 3rd Person  

Usually narrator is not involved.

He was mad at Shay. 

Does the narrator tells the thoughts and feelings of characters?

Three Types of Third-Person Narration

A)Third-Person Omniscient

Narrator is all knowing.

Narrator tells thoughts and feelings of more than one character.

Omni = All Scient = Knowing

B)Third-Person Limited 

    Narrator is limited to one character.

Tells thoughts & feelings of one character

C) Third-Person Objective

Narrator does not reveal any character’s thoughts or feelings. No Thoughts are included.

A)Third-Person Omniscient

Narrator is all knowing.

B)Third-Person Limited 

    Narrator is limited to one character.

C) Third-Person Objective

Narrator does not reveal any character’s thoughts or feelings.