Reading Art and the art of reading (Elements of the Short Story) Monet, Claude. Wisteria Oil on canvas. Paris, Musée Marmottan EQ: Why does point of view matter in a story? ELA9RL1.a Fiction: Locates and analyzes such elements in fiction as … point of view.

From whose perspective are you looking at this scene? What details help you to determine the perspective?

From whose perspective are you looking at this scene? What details help you to determine the perspective? What makes the two perspectives different?

Point of View First person point of view tells a story from the perspective of the narrator. The narrator refers to himself as a character in the plot, using the pronoun “I.” Third person point of view tells the story from the perspective of a narrator who is not involved in the story, but who sees the plot happening. Pronouns used are “he,” “she,” “they,” rather than “I,” “me,” or “we.”