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1 Definition: The perspective from which the story is told.

2 First–Person Third-Person Omniscient Third-Person Limited Third-Person Objective

3 The narrator - is one of the characters, - uses the personal pronoun “I”, - tells the story.

4 Omniscient = All knowing The narrator knows everything about the characters and their problems. The narrator can tell us * past, present, and future of all characters, * what the characters are thinking and feeling, * what is happening in several places at the same time.

5 The narrator does not take part in the story’s action. S/He stands above the action. The narrator is OUTSIDE of the story LOOKING IN.

6 The narrator focuses on thoughts and feelings of only one character.

7 We observe the action through the eyes of only one of the characters in the story.

8 The narrator is an outsider who can only report what he/she sees or hears. This narrator is simply reporting the facts.

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