1. Literary Analysis: Point of View
Shannon M. Daniels, Klein ISD

3. Point of View Is the perspective from which a story is told
Most stories are told from a first-person or a third-person point of view.

4. Point of View: First-person
The narrator is a character in the story and and can tell only what he or she sees, knows, thinks, or feels.
The narrator refers to himself or herself in the story with first-person pronouns like I and me.

5. Point of View: Third person
The narrator is not a character in the story, but describes events from the “outside.”
The narrator refers to all the characters with third-person pronouns like he, she, and they.

6. Point of View: Omniscient and Limited Third-person
Omniscient third-person point of view
The narrator reveals what every character in the story is thinking and feeling.
Limited third-person point of view
The narrator reveals only a single characters thoughts and feelings.