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Point of View
All the terms and definitions for point of view
Term | Definition |
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Point Of View | How the narrator tells a story. |
1st Person Point Of View | When one character is the narrator telling the story. The author uses the pronouns "I and/or we". |
2nd Person Point Of View | When the narrator tells the story to another character using the pronoun "you". |
3rd Person Point Of View | When a narrator who is not one of the characters tells the story. The narrator lets the reader know what each of the characters thinks. The narrator uses the pronouns "he, she it and/or they". |
3rd Person Limited | When a 3rd person narrator presents the events mainly through one characters pov. |
3rd Person Omniscient | When the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story. |
Narrator | The voice that tells the story. |
Multiple Points of View | When a narrator gives the perspective of multiple characters in a single story, usually in separate chapters. |
Perspective | The narrator's outlook or view on events; how they feel about events in the story. |