Narrative Perspectives

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Narrator

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The person telling the story.

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POV

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The perspective through which the story is being told.

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First-Person POV

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When the narrator is a character in the story. This character is telling the story through their own eyes.

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Third-Person POV

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The narrator is not a character in the story.

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1st person POV

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The narrator uses pronouns like "I", "we", and "me"

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3rd person POV

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The narrator uses pronouns like "he", "she", or "they"

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What is a limitation of using 1st person POV

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The reader only gets to know the thoughts of one character

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What POV is "The One and Only Ivan" told in?

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First Person POV

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Who is the narrator in "The One and Only Ivan"

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Ivan