Point of view for Fourth Graders
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The document discusses three perspectives, or points of view, from which a story can be told: first-person, second-person, and third-person. In first-person point of view the narrator is a character in the story who uses pronouns like "I" and "me". Second-person point of view is told by "you", while third-person perspective uses pronouns like "they", "he", and "she" and the narrator is not a character in the story.
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Point of view for Fourth Graders
- 1. POINT OF VIEW A Joe Fasen Enhanced PowerPoint presentation
- 2. Point of view is the viewpoint from which a story is told.
- 3. A story is told through the eyes and mouth of a character or a narrator. It is the “voice” of the story.
- 4. In the first-person point of view, the story is told by one of the characters. The character uses pronouns such as I or me. • The narrator is a character in the story. • As the reader, you experience the story only from what that character knows, thinks, and feels.
- 5. In the second-person point of view the story is told by you. The narrator will use the pronoun you. • The narrator is you • You, however only know what you are told you know
- 6. In the third-person perspective the narrator is neither a character or you. The narrator will use pronouns such as they, he and she. • The narrator is someone other then you • Usually the narrator knows things the characters don’t.
- 7. In the third-person point of view, the story is told by a narrator who is not a character in the story.