Setting and Point of View

The narrator is a person in the story, telling it from their point of view.

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omnicient

Which is an example of 1st Person narration?

• "I couldn't believe my eyes! The magical creature grew taller and taller right in front of me".

• "He couldn't believe his eyes! The magical creature grew taller and taller right in front of him".

• "The girl couldn't believe her eyes! The magical creature grew taller and taller right in front of her".

This narrator will follow a single character through the story and usually describe only events that the point of view character personally experiences.

• 1st Person

• 3rd Person Limited

• 3rd Person Omnicient

Which point of view do you see these signal words?
he, she, they, them, (character's names)

• First person

• Second person

• Third person

In which point of view does the narrator refer to the reader as 'you'?

• Fourth person

• Third person

• First person

• Second person

Slowly, you approach the door of the haunted house. You notice that the door is slightly ajar. Your hand trembles as you lift it and lightly press open the door. As you make your way into the house, you can hear your heartbeat drumming in your ears.

• Second Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Ominiscient

• First Person

The stage was bordered with colorful lights but otherwise dark, yet in the center was a single spotlight, and in the center of that was microphone stand. I slowly walked across the stage with my hands by my side. The crowd murmured. I grabbed the microphone from the stand and cleared my throat. Then I held it a few inches from my face and said, "Greetings, my fellow Thunderhawks. Are you ready to get excited for the pep rally?" One guy clapped slowly.

• First Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

He was a skinny, black-haired, bespectacled boy who had the pinched, slightly unhealthy look of someone who has grown a lot in a short space of time.

(J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix )

• First Person

• Third Person Limited

• Third Person Omniscient

Which POV uses "I, me, and my" to tell a story?

• 1st person

• 3rd person limited

• 3rd person omniscient

WHAT IS THE TIME AND PLACE THAT A STORY OCCURS?

• SETTING

• DIALECT

• PROBLEM

• ORDER AND SEQUENCE