Point of View

Point of View (POV)

 

Point of View is the perspective from which an author presents the actions and characters of a story.

 

First-person point of view is told by a narrator who is a character in the story and uses the pronouns I and me.

 

Third-person point of view is told by a narrator who is not a character in the story and uses the pronouns he/him or she/her

 

A third-person omniscient narrator can tell thoughts and feelings of any or all characters.

 

A third-person limited narrator tells only the thoughts and feelings of one character, who is not the narrator.