first person & third person point of view The Mayflower School - 7th grade
What is a point of view? It is the angle or perspective from which a story is told. It allows the reader to get inside a character’s head.
First person point of view ● The character tells the story. ● Uses pronouns: I,we Example: We helped those people yesterday.
listen to the following examples
Third person point of view ● The na rrator is the one that tells the story. ● Uses pronouns: He, she, it, they ● There are two types: Omniscient and Limited Example: 1.Omniscient: She felt she was about to faint and didn’t know what to do. 2. Limited: The policemen helped those people yesterday.
listen to the following examples
Transform the following sentences Third-person point of viewFirst-person point of view He went to the cinema with friends. They bought apples at the market. We organized a school trip. I finished all my homework yesterday.
Reading: The zebra Storyteller - Spencer Holst - What is the story about? - Who tells the story?
keystone page In pairs, you will retell the story “The Zebra Storyteller”. This story is told from a __________ person point of view, so you will have to write it in a _________ person point of view.