| Term | Definition |
| 1st person protagonist/narrator | the protagonist tells his/her own story - Catcher in the Rye by Jerome David Salinger |
| 1st supporting Character Narrator | not the protagonist tells story and he was there - a separate peace John Knowles |
| 1st person minor character narrator | not the protagonist tells story that he/she was not a part of. - Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte |
| 1st person shifting viewpoint narrators | a story told from different angles by different people - Example: A Gathering of Old Men by Ernest Gaines |
| 3rd person Protagonist narrator | LIMITED OR RESTRICTED OMNISCIENCE Limited/Restricted omniscience Restricted because we can only know what we read about the protagonist - A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, by James Joyce. |
| NOT USED! Third person supporting character narrator | NOT recommended for use due to pronoun confusion |
| NOT USED! 3rd person minor character narrator | NOT recommended for use due to pronoun confusion |
| 3rd person - shifting viewpoint narrators - | UNLIMITED omniscience - J.R.R. Tolkien Lord of the Rings |