1. Types of POV

2. First Person Narrator Narrator PARTICIPATES in the story’s action
See things from this narrator’s POV, so we know his/her thoughts and feelings
Issues of trustworthiness (reader decides based on EVIDENCE)

3. Objective Narrator is just a spectator in the story
Tells the story’s actions and dialogue
NEVER reveals any character’s thoughts or feelings
Used for mysterious effect

4. Third Person Narrator
Narrator does NOT participate in the action of the story
Narrator does reveal thoughts and/or feelings of character
Two types of third person narrator

5. Third Person Omniscient POV
Narrator knows EVERYTHING (thoughts and/or feelings) about everyone
Narrator gets inside the head of his/her characters

6. Third Person Limited Omniscient
Narrator knows what’s happening inside the HEAD of one character
Creates mystery because the reader only understands something from one character’s POV