1. Alternating First Person Point of View

2. Alternating Point of View
Some stories will switch the point of view
Point of view is the voice in which the story is told.
Point of view
First person
Third person
Limited
Omniscient

3. Why use alternating point of view?
Provides the reader with different sides of the story/conflict
Boy/girl voice – to describe their first meeting
Teacher/student voice – to tell about the first day of school
Husband/wife/child – to describe the effects of divorce on their family

4. Alternating First Person Point of View
Told by more than one narrator with a distinct voice
Look for pronouns like: I, me, my, mine, our
The switch will most likely occur in new chapters
The chapter may be titled or labeled with the narrator’s name
Can explain the same event or different points of the story

5. Alternating Third Person Limited POV
Told by same narrator
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The reader only sees one character’s view point at a time in a chapter through the third person limited POV.
Look for words like: he, she, their, them

6. Books with Alternating POV
Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf