POINT OF VIEW
1st Person
-narrator is a character in the story
-look for key words like I, me, my, our, we
3rd Person
-narrator is NOT a character in the story
-narrator does NOT know the thoughts of the
characters
-imagine that the narrator has a video camera- all
they can tell in the story is what they see/hear
3rd Person Limited
- narrator is NOT a character in the story
- narrator has limited knowledge of the thoughts
of the main character
3rd Person Omniscient
-narrator is NOT a character in the story
-narrator knows the thoughts of several/all
characters