1. Point of View:
The perspective from which
a story is told.
It allows the reader to get inside the
character’s head.
Three points of view:
First person 
Second Person
Third Person

2. First Person Point of View:  The character tells the story.
Uses pronouns:
I, me, my, mine, ours, our, we, and us
“I checked into a hotel called the Olympia, which is right on the main street of town. I was hanging around and I got to talking to the guy at the desk. I asked him if this wasn’t the town where that kid named Maneri played ball.”

3. Second Person Point of View: 
Rarely used in novels.
Most cookbooks, instructions , “how-to” books and TV commercials use this viewpoint.
Imperative sentences (commands) use this POV
Uses pronouns: you, your, yours
“You walk down 5th Avenue everyday on your
way to work. Today on a whim you stop at
the flower stall and buy a red carnation. The
saleslady helps you pin it to your lapel. You
pay her and merge back into the crowd.”

4. Third Person Point of View: 
Told from a narrator’s viewpoint.
Uses pronouns:
he, she, him, her, it, they, them, its, their, theirs, his, and hers
Three types of third person:
1. Objective
2. Limited
3. Omniscient (all knowing)

5. There are 3 types of third person narrators.
Omniscient
Limited
Objective

6. Third Person Objective
The narrator is not a character in the story.
Third person pronouns such as he, his, she, hers, it, its, they, and them are used in telling the story.
The narrator is an observer who can only tell what the characters say and do.
The narrator cannot see into the minds of any of the characters, and does not know what they think or feel.
Often used in newspaper reports, historical accounts, police reports, and other objective reports of events.

7. Objective: The girl walked up the quiet hillside.
            In the top of the maple tree, the cardinal tipped his head back and drew breath to sing. A dead branch cracked on the ground below the bird's perch.
            The man stepped on the branch and rattled the blades of grass as he moved behind the tree. He watched the girl come up the hillside toward him.
            Her gaze shifted quickly and warily from one shadowy area high on the slope to another, and she shuddered.

8. The narrator tells the inner thoughts
Limited:
The narrator tells the inner thoughts
and feelings of only one character.
“Angela felt cold as she waited on the corner for the bus. After about ten minutes, the bus came to the corner where she stood. She got on the bus and then realized that she had no coins to put in the fare box.”

9. Tells what any character in a story
Omniscient:
Tells what any character in a story
thinks, feels, or does at any time.
Kurt was thinking about tomorrow’s costume
party. He had come up with an idea of what
to wear.
“Kurt, are you going tomorrow?” asked
Claire. She had a prize-winning idea that
she would not tell anyone. She smiled to
herself as she thought of the large box and
blue tissue paper waiting at home.

10. Third Person Objective Third Person Limited Third Person Omniscient
Identify the Point of View:
Third Person Objective
Third Person Limited
Third Person Omniscient

11. Guess the Narrator
Lilly shivered and sobbed while sitting alone under the tree. Jacob felt a pang of pity for her, and though he worried what the others might say, he walked to her, sat beside her, and offered her his jacket.
Omniscient
Limited
Objective

12. The Answer Is
Limited

13. Guess the Narrator
Lilly shivered and sobbed while sitting alone under the tree. Jacob gazed at her with a stare suggestive of pity, and his lips tightened as though he debated something of importance. He gave one timid glance back at the others, and then walked boldly over to Lilly and sat beside her and offered her his Jacket.
Omniscient
Limited
Objective

14. The Answer Is
Objective

15. Guess the Narrator
Lilly shivered and tried unsuccessfully not to sob while sitting alone under the tree. She was more embarrassed and miserable than she had ever been. Jacob felt a pang of pity for her, and though he worried what the others might say, he walked to her, sat beside her, and offered her his jacket.
Omniscient
Limited
Objective

16. The Answer Is
Omniscient

17. Guess the Narrator
Lilly shivered and sobbed while sitting alone under the tree. Jacob felt a pang of pity for her. He gave one timid look back to the others. They were playing keep-away with the small boy’s wallet. He could not tell if any of them were paying attention to him now. Regardless, he went to Lilly, sat beside her, and offered her his Jacket.
Objective
Limited
Omniscient

18. The Answer Is
Limited

19. The End