Point of View

first person

• a writing style where the narrator is one of the characters in the story, often using the pronouns "I, me, or my".

• a writing style where the narrator speaks to the reader directly, often using "you."

• a writing style where the narration is not done by one of the characters. The narrator often uses the pronouns "he," "she" or "it."

Narrator

• the person who tells a story.

• the person who writes the book

• the person who sells the book

• the person who reads the book

• the librarian

Second Person

• not trustworthy or dependable.

• a writing style where the narration is not done by one of the characters. The narrator often uses the pronouns "he," "she" or "it."

• a writing style where the narrator speaks to the reader directly, often using "you."

third person

• a writing style where the narrator is one of the characters in the story, often using the pronouns "I, me, or my".

• a writing style where the narration is not done by one of the characters. The narrator often uses the pronouns "he," "she" or "it."

• a writing style where the narrator speaks to the reader directly, often using "you."

the position from which a narrator tells a story or a writer presents information. It may be first, second or third person.

• point a finger

• point of view

• point of no return

First Person

• The narrator used the pronoun "I" in the first sentence, so I knew it was told in first person.

• narrator talks to you

• narrator uses the words "she", "he", or "it"

Stefanie would have liked the book better if it hadn't been told in ________ person. She finds it distracting when the narrator speaks directly to the reader.

• third person

• first person

• second person

The movie started with a narrator talking in _____ person about the characters, using the pronouns "he" and "she" instead of their names.

• third person

• first person

• second person

"I, me, or my"

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person

"You know what I mean.'

• First Person

• Second Person

• Third Person