Point of View 5th grade

It gives the perspective from which a literary work is told.
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It gives the perspective from which a literary work is told.
Point of View
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First-person point of view
The narrator (the voice that is telling the story) is a character who is part of the action and uses the first-person pronouns I, me, and my. The reader sees everything through this character's eyes.
First-person point of view
Image: First-person point of view The narrator (the voice that is telling the story) is a character who is part of the action and uses the first-person pronouns I, me, and my. The reader sees everything through this character's eyes.
The narrator is someone outside the action, rather than a character. Uses words "he", "she", "they" and names.
Third-person point of view
Image: The narrator is someone outside the action, rather than a character. Uses words "he", "she", "they" and names.
Omniscient third-person point of view
the narrator is an all-knowing observer who can relate what every character thinks and feels. Uses words "he", "she", "they" and names.
Omniscient third-person point of view
Image: Omniscient third-person point of view the narrator is an all-knowing observer who can relate what every character thinks and feels. Uses words "he", "she", "they" and names.
Limited third-person point of view
the narrator relates some thoughts and feelings of only one character - but that character is not actually telling the story. Uses words "he", "she", "they" and names.
Limited third-person point of view
Image: Limited third-person point of view the narrator relates some thoughts and feelings of only one character - but that character is not actually telling the story. Uses words "he", "she", "they" and names.
Example of First Person Point of View
"I could picture it. I have a rotten habit of picturing the bedroom scenes of my friends. We went out to the Cafe Napolitain to have an aperitif and watch the evening crowd on the Boulevard." (Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises ).The narrator is protagonist Jake Barnes.
Third person point of view Example
Mr. Jones, of the Manor Farm, had locked the hen-houses for the night, but was too drunk to remember to shut the popholes. With the ring of light from his lantern dancing from side to side, he lurched across the yard, kicked off his boots at the back door, drew himself a last glass of beer from the barrel in the scullery, and made his way up to bed, where Mrs. Jones was already snoring.
First Person Point of View Example
To my surprise Ned Land fell right to sleep. Then Conseil also dropped into a deep slumber. I yawned.
First Person Point of View Example
We moved the schoolroom upstairs, as Mr. Rochester needed the library for meetings. Adele was not easy to teach that day. She kept running to look over the banister for him.
Third Person Point of View Example
"What pup, George? I ain't gotno pup." George went quickly to him, grabbed him by the shoulder and rolled him over. He reached down and picked the tiny puppy from where Lennie had been concealong it against his stomach.
First Person Point of View ExampleI felt sad, especially for Dulce. At one point, she slipped out to the kitchen--to get a knife to cut the cake, she said.Objective 3rd Person POV Narrator gives just the facts from outside the story. Often lacks an opinion and is unbiased. Often used to relay news. Uses words "he", "she", "they" and names.Objective 3rd Person POV2nd Person POV Instructional perspective, using the word "you" to give directions. The narrator talks directly to the audience.2nd Person POV

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