Point of View - Enrichment

first person

• a type of third person writing where the narrator tells what happens to all characters but only knows one character's thoughts and feelings.

• the person who tells a story.

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

• a type of third person writing where the narrator is not part of the story. The narrator tells what happens but does not know what any of the characters are thinking or feeling.

limited third person

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

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

• the narrator speaks to the reader directly, often using "you."

• a type of third person writing where the narrator tells what happens to all characters but only knows one character's thoughts and feelings.

narrator

• the person who tells a story.

• the main character of the story.

• the author of the story.

• the playwright of the drama

objective third person

• a type of third person writing where the narrator is part of the story.

• The narrators tells what happens and knows what all the characters are thinking and feeling

• a type of third person writing where the narrator tells what happens to all characters but only knows one character's thoughts and feelings.

• a type of third person writing where the narrator is not part of the story. The narrator tells what happens but doesn't know what any of the characters are thinking or feeling.

omniscient third person

• a type of third person writing where the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters in a story.

• a type of third person writing where the narrator knows none of the thoughts and feelings of the characters in a story

• a type of third person writing where the narrator is not part of the story.

• The narrator tells what happens but doesn't know what any of the characters are thinking or feeling.

point of view

• The narrator tells the story using the pronouns "You", "Your," and "Yours" to address a reader or listener directly.

• the narrator knows all of the thoughts and feelings of all of the characters in a work

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

• the telling of a story by an actor

second person

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

• a type of third person writing where the narrator is not part of the story.

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

• the person who tells a story.

third person

• 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 narration is done by one of the characters. The narrator often uses the pronouns "he," "she" or "it."

• a type of third person writing where the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters in a story.

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

unreliable narrator

• the limited third person narrator you can't always believe

• the third-person narrator you can't always believe

• the second-person narrator you can't always believe

• the first-person narrator you can't always believe

Objective, limited and omniscient are types of which point of view

• second person

• third person

• first person

• fourth person