Thursday, February 12, 2015

Point of View


Point of View
vantage from which the story is told; determines the type and amount of information the writer can reveal

Narrator
speaker or character who tells a story; may be either a character in the story or an outside observer

First Person Point of View
the story is told by a character using the pronoun "I"; the reader sees only what the character reveals; the narrator may not be reliable; the reader often connects personally with the narrator


Third Limited Point of View
the story is told through someone outside of the action


Third Omniscient Point of View

the story is told by a narrator who can reveal the thoughts, feelings, and emotions of more than one character