Point of view refers to the perspective from which a story is told. There are four main points of view: first person, where the narrator is a main character; second person, where the reader is inserted into the story; and third person, which can be either limited to one character's thoughts or omniscient, allowing access to all characters' perspectives. The point of view affects how the reader views and understands the events in the story.

1. POINT OF VIEW

2. POINT OF VIEW
• The perspective of the narrator in the story
• Refers to who is telling the story or who the
narrator is
• POV is the way the author allows the reader to
“see” and “hear” what is going on

4. 1st Person Point of
View

5. 1st Person Point of View
• The person telling the story is the main character
and is participating “in” the story
• It uses personal pronouns such as I, my, me, we,
mine
• This can be very intimate and often allows access
to the main character’s innermost thoughts.

7. 2nd Person Point of View
• Used when the story is like a roleplay
• It uses words such as ‘you’ and ‘yours’
• Basically, it just adds you in the story as if you
were a character

9. 3rd Person Point of View
• When the story has more than one character’s view
point
• They uses the word he, she, them, they, him, her and
it
• Basically, more than one character is introduced and
more thoughts are seen in the story

10. Two types of
3rd Person Point of View
1. Third Person Limited – the reader is made aware of the
thoughts and feelings of “only one” character
2. Third Person Omniscient – omniscient means “all
knowing”
The reader knows the feelings/thoughts of all the
main characters