Grades 4-7

2. A story is told through
the eyes and mouth of a
character or a narrator.
It is the “voice” of the
story.

3. Point of view is the viewpoint
from which a story is told.

4. In the first-person point of view, the story is
told by one of the characters. The character
uses pronouns such as I or me.
The narrator is a
character in the story.
As the reader, you
experience the story
only from what that
character knows,
thinks, and feels.

5. In the third-person point of view, the
story is told by a narrator who is not a
character in the story.