Literary Terms 2020

Storytelling in which a narrator addresses the reader directly using pronouns such as "you"

• Point of View

• Third Person Objective Point of View

• Second Person Point of View

• Third Person Omniscient Point of View

The narrator tells the story from the perspective of a total outsider. The reader has to judge the characters by their action and dialogue alone.

• Third Person Objective Point of View

• Third Person Limited Point of View

• Third Person Omniscient Point of View

• Second Person Point of View

The narrator describes the behaviors and dialogue of all characters but reveals the thoughts and feelings of only one character through explicit narration.

• First Person Point of View

• Third Person Objective Point of View

• Third Person Limited Point of View

• Third Person Omniscient Point of View

The narrator's position in relation to a story being told.

• Point of View

• First Person Point of View

• Second Person Point of View

• Third Person Omniscient Point of View

The narrator is all-seeing and all-knowing. While the narration outside of any one character, the narrator may occasionally access the consciousness of a few or many different characters.

• Third Person Objective Point of View

• Third Person Limited Point of View

• Third Person Omniscient Point of View

• First Person Point of View

Storytelling in which a narrator recounts events from their own point of view using "I" or "we"

• Third Person Objective Point of View

• Third Person Limited Point of View

• Third Person Omniscient Point of View

• First Person Point of View

Identify the point of view each story is being told from: When you were six you thought accusation meant to put your shoes on the wrong feet. Now you are older and you know it can mean many things, but essentially it means to put your shoes on the wrong feet.

• first person

• second person

• third person limited

• third person objective

• third person omniscient

Identify the point of view each story is being told from: Inspector Garrard watched the man behind the counter serving a customer. His movements were quick.Inspector Garrard removed his badge from his pocket and showed it to the man. The man glanced at his badge and then looked directly into his eyes.

• first person

• second person

• third person limited

• third person objective

• third person omniscient

Identify the point of view each story is being told from: I think I lost my wallet! I can’t find it anywhere! Oh, I could just kick myself!

• first person

• second person

• third person limited

• third person objective

• third person omniscient

Identify the point of view each story is being told from: Dave sat up on his surfboard and looked towards the shore. Two people, John and Brian, were paddling up to the line up. “Nice day,” Dave said.

Dave looked out to the shoulder, a look of worry on his face. John was afraid of the shallow reef in the impact zone, and tended to avoid the peak in these situations. However, at this particular spot, even though the waves were smaller out in the shoulder, the reef out there was much shallower, and Dave worried about John wiping out after a take off. However, Dave didn’t need to worry, as John had decided to brave the peak. John decided that he had grown tired of being scared his entire life.

• first person

• second person

• third person limited

• third person objective

• third person omniscient