1.What Is Point of View?

Point of view is the vantage point fromwhich a writer tells a story.

•A writer tells a story through the voice of a narrator. A narrator may be an outside observer or acharacter in the story.

•Everything you learn about the characters, events,and places in a story depends on the narrator’s point of view.

2.Types of Point of View?

The three most common points of view are

•omniscient•third-person limited •first person

(1)First-Person Point of View

•In the first-person point of view, the narrator is a character in the story and tells the story using the first-person pronoun I. 

•The first-person narrator

•participates in the action of the story

•can tell us only what he or she is feeling,thinking, or observing

•may or may not be objective, honest, or perceptiveabout what’s going in the story

(2)Omniscient Point of View

•In the omniscient point of view, the narratorplays no part in the story but can tell us what all the characters are thinkingand feeling as well as what is happening in other places. 

•The omniscient narrator

•can tell us as much or as little as the writerpermits

•may tell us what all—or only some—of thecharacters are thinking, feeling, and observing

•may comment on the story’s meaning, characters, orevents

(3)Third-Person-Limited Pointof View 

•In the third-person-limited point of view, thenarrator plays no part in the story but zooms in on the thoughts and feelingsof one character.

•The third-person narrator

•views the actions from the vantage point of asingle character

•can tell us only what that single character isthinking, feeling, and observing

3. 网络资源

www.thebalancecareers.com/third-person-point-of-view-1277092