Point of View

In this point of view, the author disappears into a kind of roving sound camera. This is the purest example of a story told from the objective point of view, and is written entirely in dialogue

• Second Person

• First Person

• Stream of Consciousness

• Dramatic

This point of view reveals the mental processes of a character and shows how his or her mind sounds inside. Traditional grammar and sentence structure is usually not present.

• Second Person

• First Person

• Stream of Consciousness

• Dramatic

The narrator describes the characters and events without being part of the action. The narrator is not a character in the story, but he or she knows everything about one character in the story and feels more empathy toward that particular character.

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Limited

• Stream of Consciousness

• Dramatic

The narrator participates in the action. The writer uses the pronouns I, my, mine, we, and our.

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Limited

• Second Person

• First Person

With this point of view, the writer addresses the reader as "you." Instructions are typically written this way.

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Limited

• Second Person

• First Person

This all-knowing narrator is not a character in the story, but knows everything about all of the characters.

• Third Person Omniscient

• Third Person Limited

• Second Person

• First Person