1. 1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person
Point of View (POV)
1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person

2. PERSONS 1st person singular I, me, my, mine 2nd person singular
you, your
3rd person singular
he, she, they*, it, one, its
1st person plural
we, us, our
2nd person plural
3rd person plural
they, them, their

3. All nouns are third-person
** REMEMBER**
All nouns are third-person
Parents
Trees
Hip-hop music
Drinking and driving
Toronto
Peer Pressure
Poodles
Love

4. SHIFT IN PERSON
Love is among the most pernicious and contagious of diseases. Those who are afflicted with it can be detected by anyone. Dark circles under your eyes show that you haven’t been sleeping, which is a common symptom of lovesickness. I usually also suffer from daydreams and irresistible urges to say stupid things.

5. SHIFT IN PERSON
Love is among the most pernicious and contagious of diseases. Those who are afflicted with it can be detected by anyone. Dark circles under your eyes show that you haven’t been sleeping, which is a common symptom of lovesickness. I usually also suffer from daydreams and irresistible urges to say stupid things.

6. SHIFT CORRECTED
Love is among the most pernicious and contagious of diseases. Those who are afflicted with it can be detected by anyone. Dark circles under the eyes show that they never sleep, which is a common symptom of lovesickness. They also suffer from daydreams and irresistible urges to say stupid things. (Eduardo Galeano, The Book of Embraces)

7. SHIFT IN PERSON
There are tens of thousands of abandoned homes without people and tens of thousands of abandoned people without homes. We have failed bankers advising failed regulators on how to save failed assets. Think about this: we are the only species on this planet without full time employment.

8. SHIFT IN PERSON
There are tens of thousands of abandoned homes without people and tens of thousands of abandoned people without homes. We have failed bankers advising failed regulators on how to save failed assets. Think about this: we are the only species on this planet without full employment.

9. SHIFT CORRECTED
There are tens of thousands of abandoned homes without people and tens of thousands of abandoned people without homes. There are failed bankers advising failed regulators on how to save failed assets. Think about this: humans are the only species on this planet without full time employment.

10. SHIFT IN PERSON
Parents should teach children survival skills, such as how to manage your money.

11. SHIFT IN PERSON
Parents should teach children survival skills, such as how to manage your money.

12. SHIFT CORRECTED
Parents should teach children survival skills, such as how to manage their money.

13. FIRST PERSON
The 1st person is often used for personal/subjective narratives.
My pen moves along the page like the snout of a strange animal.

14. SECOND PERSON The 2nd person you is often directional:
First you should write a topic sentence that contains both the main idea and a controlling idea.

15. The second person can also be implied:
Write a topic sentence that contains both the main idea and a controlling idea.

16. THIRD PERSON
The 3rd person (he, she, one, it, they) is usually informational. Most college essays and academic papers are written using the 3rd person.
Classical music and heavy metal have more in common than one might think.

17. At the entrance of the canyon, the explorers could see the vegetation change radically. What struck you most was the sparse, stunted growth of the plants that strained to catch the light. The air was instantly colder, and before long, many of us wondered whether we would begin to grow into similar strange, contorted shapes in the damp, cold shadowy canyon which we would navigate for many days before finding the entrance to the fabled swimming hole. However, the brave explorers knew that to turn back now would be impossible, or at least, very embarrassing, so they continued on, the mud caking their shoes, making them heavy as concrete and loud as cow flatulence. Personally though, I had never been happier as I trudged along on our way to find the swimming hole to trump all swimming holes, or so we’d been told. If you were to ask any one of us, they would tell you the same.

18. At the entrance of the canyon, the explorers could see the vegetation change radically. What struck you most was the sparse, stunted growth of the plants that strained to catch the light. The air was instantly colder, and before long, many of us wondered whether we would begin to grow into similar strange, contorted shapes in the damp, cold shadowy canyon which we would navigate for many days before finding the entrance to the fabled swimming hole. However, the brave explorers knew that to turn back now would be impossible, or at least, very embarrassing, so they continued on, the mud caking their shoes, making them heavy as concrete and loud as cow flatulence. Personally though, I had never been happier as I trudged along on our way to find the swimming hole to trump all swimming holes, or so we’d been told. If you were to ask any one of us, they would tell you the same.

19. At the entrance of the canyon, the explorers could see the vegetation change radically. What struck them most was the sparse, stunted growth of the plants that strained to catch the light. The air was instantly colder, and before long, many of the explorers wondered whether they would begin to grow into similar strange, contorted shapes in the damp, cold shadowy canyon which they would navigate for many days before finding the entrance to the fabled swimming hole. However, the brave explorers knew that to turn back now would be impossible, or at least, very embarrassing, so they continued on, the mud caking their shoes, making them heavy as concrete and loud as cow flatulence. The explorers had never been happier as they trudged along on their way to find the swimming hole to trump all swimming holes, or so they’d been told. If any of them were asked, they would agree.