POINT OF VIEW

An elementary school lesson covering 1st and

3rd person point of view

WHAT IS POINT OF VIEW?

When you are asked to describe the point of view

of a story, you are being asked to identify who is

telling the story.

There are 2 main points of view we will be

working with this year.

They are 1st person point of view and 3rd person

point of view.

1S T PERSON POINT OF VIEW

When the story is being told in the 1st person

point of view, the main character is the one

telling the story.

Some clues that the story is in 1st person

point of view:• The character uses the pronoun I a lot • The character lets you into his or her

thoughts

EXAMPLES OF STORIES IN 1 S T PERSO N POINT OF V IEW

3R D PERSON POINT OF VIEW

When a story is written in 3rd person point of

view the narrator knows what all of the

characters are thinking.

Clues that a story is being written:• The characters are referred to by their

names• The person telling the story seems to know

everything that is going on.

EXAMPLES OF STORIES TOLD IN 3 R D PERSON