1. ZOOMing in on Points of View

2. Determining Point of View
Read the Passage
Cross out Dialogue
Focus on Pronouns

3. You Your Third Person Second Person First Person he him his she her
I me
we us
my our
mine ours
Third Person
he him his
she her
they their them
Second Person
You
Your

4. Is the Point of View Third Person?
The narrator knows the thoughts of one character.
3rd Person Limited
3rd Person Omniscient
The narrator knows the thoughts of every character.

5. The narrator knows the thoughts of every character.
What is the difference between Objective and Omniscient?
The narrator knows the action but has no knowledge of any character’s thoughts.
Objective
Omniscient
The narrator knows the thoughts of every character.