Point of View

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What is Point of View?

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Point of View is the perspective from which a story is told.

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How do you determine the Point of View?

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Ask yourself, 'Who is telling the story?' and figure out if the narrator is inside (a character) or outside of the story.

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What are the three types of Point of View?

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1st person, 2nd person, and 3rd person.

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What is 1st Person Point of View?

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The narrator is inside the story as a character, using 'I' and 'my'.

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What is 2nd Person Point of View?

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The narrator addresses the reader directly using 'you' and 'your'.

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What is 3rd Person Point of View?

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The narrator is outside the story and uses words like 'he', 'she', 'they'.

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Who is the narrator?

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The narrator is the person telling the story.

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Example of 1st Person Point of View.

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'I went to the park and played with my friends.'

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Example of 3rd Person Point of View.

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'He never wants to take a bath!'

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What does it mean to be inside the story?

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It means the narrator is a character in the story, sharing their own experiences.