Point of View

Point of View

• the characters in the story

• the reader's perspective or opinion

• what the story is about

• perspective from which the story is told

Which point of view is used in this sentence?

"As I ran up the hill, I realized that it was about to rain."

• 1st Person Point of View

• 3rd Person Point of View

Which point of view is used in this sentence?"Without being scared, Scott jumped off the diving board and swam to the side."

• 1st Person Point of View

• 3rd Person Point of View

First Person Point of View is...

• the author's inner thoughts

• the character's inner thoughts

• when the story is being told by an outside observer who is not in the story

• when a character is the narrator who tells the story

Third Person Point Of View is...

• when a character is the narrator who tells the story

• when the story is being told by an outside observer who is not in the story

• the author's inner thoughts

• the character's inner thoughts

What is the POV? "I ran up a steep hill. I was very hot and exhausted. It was a long race, but I was in the lead. I knew if I could keep my pace I would be able to win the race."

• First Person POV

• Second Person POV

• Third Person POV

What is the POV? "There is no way I am going to lose this race. I know I can beat every other runner here!"

• First Person POV

• Second Person POV

• Third Person POV

What is the POV? "Aiden stared at his test paper, panicking. He regretted that he hadn’t read the book. He thought about what his parents would say. All around him, other students were writing quickly."

• First Person POV

• Third Person Omniscient POV

• Second Person POV

• Third Person Limited POV

Told from the viewpoint of one of the characters using pronouns like I and we

• First Person POV

• Second Person POV

• Third Person POV

• Third Person Omniscient

The narrator casts the reader as a character in the story and uses the pronouns you and your

• First Person POV

• Second Person POV

• Third Person POV

• Third Person Limited POV