1. Use the circle diagram (looks like a wheel) to take notes on today.
Point of View “Wheel”
Use the circle diagram (looks like a wheel) to take notes on today.

2. Points of View Third Person Third Person Limited Third Person
Omniscient
Second Person
Points of View
Third Person
Limited
First Person
Objective
Subjective

3. Pronoun Clues:
Write the pronoun clues inside the portion where you wrote each name:
First Person:
Pronoun clues = “I”, “me”, “mine”, “my”, “we”, “us”
Second Person:
Pronoun clues = “You”, “Your”, “Yourself”
Third Person:
Pronoun clues = “He”, “She”, “They”, “Them”

4. Points of View: Definitions
Write the definitions in the outer rim.
First Person:
Narrator takes part in the story.
Author is telling about something personal that has happened to him/her.
Second Person:
The “you” tense not often used by fiction writers.
Used in directions
Third Person:
Narrator is not part of the story.
The action is seen through the eyes of a single character. .

5. Points of View: Definitions
Third Person Limited:
Author tells the story from the viewpoint of one character.
Tells what this character sees, hears, thinks, and feels.
Omniscient:
All-knowing/God-like narrator.
knows everything about ALL of the characters and events in the story.

6. Points of View: Definitions
Limited Omniscient:
All-knowing narrator about one or two characters, but NOT everything and everybody
Objective:
Narrator is unnamed and/or unidentified.
Reports on events and lets the reader supply the meaning.
Subjective:
Takes on the mindset of one (or more characters).
Shares opinions or makes judgments

7. Decorating…
When you have finished labeling all parts of the wheel, neatly color it (anyway you’d like)
Then, cut it out and glue it into your notebook.
Title the page “Point of View Notes” and update your table of contents