1. POINT OF
VIEW
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2. Point of view is the viewpoint
from which a story is told.

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

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 second-person point of view the
story is told by you. The narrator will use
the pronoun you.
• The narrator is
you
• You, however
only know what
you are told you
know

6. In the third-person perspective the narrator is neither a
character or you. The narrator will use pronouns such as they,
he and she.
• The narrator is
someone other
then you
• Usually the
narrator knows
things the
characters don’t.

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