PoiNT Of View In Literature

What Is it? The way the author allows you to "see" and "hear" what's going on in a story POV is determined by the narrator

First Person When a character who is in the story also narrates the story. A big clue is when they use “I” in his or her speech.

Second Person When the narrator uses you and your. Second person is used rarely, but it is used in advertisements. ( Think infomercials!)

THIRD Person When there’s an outsider looking in on the action and explaining the story to the reader… Third-person omniscient, in which the thoughts and feelings of every character are open to the reader.

Third Person Limited Where the reader enters only one character's mind, either through the entire work or in a specific section. Third-person limited differs from first-person because the author's voice, not the character's voice, is what you hear in the descriptive passages. As she walked up the hill, she realized that the atmosphere was just too quiet. There was no sound from the cardinal who she so often heard singing from the top of the maple tree. She thought she saw a shadow move high up on the slope, but when she looked again it was gone. Nevertheless, she shuddered as she felt a silent threat pass over her. It felt like a cloud creeping over the sun.