Point of View

1. Point of View Cougar English

2. Point of View • Author~ A person who writes a story. • Narrator~ The character or observer telling the story. • Point of View~ The view point of the story’s narrator. Stories can be told from several points of view.

3. Point of View • First PersonThe narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings and what he or she sees and is told by other characters. He can’t tell us thoughts of other characters. • Third-Person LimitedThe narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters. • Omniscient The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of more than one of the characters.

4. First Person Point of View First PersonThe narrator is a character in the story who can reveal only personal thoughts and feelings and what he or she sees and is told by other characters. He can’t tell us thoughts of other characters. Pronouns The pronouns I, me, and my are just a few found within 1st person point of view. Maverick Handout Example

5. Third Person Point of View Maverick The narrator is not a character in the story. He/she tells the story from the outside. Third person pronouns are used (he, she, their, they, them, it, etc.) Third Person Limited Third Person Omniscient

6. Third Person Limited • Third-Person Limited : The narrator is an outsider who sees into the mind of one of the characters. • Handout Example

7. Third Person Omniscient • Third Person Omniscient: The narrator is an all-knowing outsider who can enter the minds of more than one of the characters. • Handout Example

8. “A Boy and A Man”By James Ramsey Ullman • Literature Book Page 210