1. Elements of Fiction And drama
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2. Point of view
Perrine’s p

3. Point of View Perspective from which the story is told.
First Person POV
Reliable
Unreliable
Third Person POV
Omniscient
Limited
Objective

4. POV TYPES
Omniscient = narrator knows everything, can comment or interpret
Third-person limited = told from viewpoint of one character, but in the third person

5. POV TYPES First-person = one character tells the story (i.e. “I”)
Objective (dramatic) = can see and hear everything – but can’t comment, interpret, or enter characters’ minds