Point of View in Three Types of Third Person

What is POV (point of view)?

• The position from which a narrator sees and understands what is happening

• The moral of a story

• The personality of the main character

• The setting of the story

What can you use to determine the point of view of a text?

• Nouns

• Pronouns

• The setting

• The conflict

Third person point of view uses pronouns such as

• I, me
• he, she
• you, your
• we, my

This type of narrator focuses on what only the main character is thinking and doing.

• 2nd person
• 3rd person omniscient
• 3rd person limited

This type of narrator is "all knowing"

• 1st person
• 2nd person
• 3rd person limited
• 3rd person omniscient

The narrator in 3rd person limited knows the thoughts and feelings of ___ characters

• 1
• 2
• all 
• no

3rd person OBJECTIVE

• the narrator can only tell you what people do, but NO thoughts or feelings

• the narrator knows what ONE character is thinking

• the narrator knows what ALL the characters are thinking/feeling

3rd person OMNISCIENT

• the narrator can only tell you what people do, but NO thoughts or feelings

• the narrator knows what ONE character is thinking

• the narrator knows what ALL the characters are thinking/feeling

3rd person LIMITED

• the narrator can only tell you what people do, but NO thoughts or feelings

• the narrator knows what ONE character is thinking

• the narrator knows what ALL the characters are thinking/feeling

This narrator is trustworthy and reliable, because they see EVERYTHING.

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd limited

• 3rd objective

• 3rd omniscient