Narrator.

POINTS OF VIEW
Angle of vision.

Reporte
Whose perspective? r:

June Eur
M.
Tolentin
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WHAT ARE THE 3 MAJOR TYPES OF POV?

FIRST PERSON outside narration,

all-knowing
observations of a
focusing on one
narrator outside
character who
character’s
narrates
the theitself
story story
THIRD PERSON observations
LIMITED

OMNISCIENT
 Autobiographical narration
FIRST PERSON

I and We

“As I stopped to stare into

THIRD PERSON the river,I heard a strange
LIMITED sound behind me.”

The author may assume this

position.
OMNISCIENT
Point of view...
FIRST PERSON First person omnicient

The narrator is a character in

the story, but also knows the
thoughts and feelings of all the
THIRD PERSON
characters in the story.
LIMITED

OMNISCIENT
Point of view...
FIRST PERSON He, she, it or
First they. omnicient
person

“Asnarrator
The they stopped to stare in
is a character
into
the the river,
story, theyknows
but also heardthe
a
strange and
thoughts sound behindofthem.”
feelings all the
THIRD PERSON
characters in the story.
LIMITED
The narrator be an
unspecified individual that
conveys the story.

OMNISCIENT
Point of view...
FIRST PERSON The narrator
He, she, plays no part in
it or they.
the story.
“As they stopped to stare
into
Thethe river,knows
reader they heard
what a
strange sound behind
each character does them.”
and
THIRD PERSON thinks.
LIMITED
The narrator be an
unspecified individual
The least capable that
of being
conveys the story.
unreliable.

OMNISCIENT
Point of view...
 Advantages
Suited to narrating
FIRST PERSON complicated stories involving
numerous characters..
Allows the writer to be
particularly clear.

THIRD PERSON Deepens rhe reader’s

LIMITED understanding of the
various aspects of the story.

OMNISCIENT
Point of view...
 Disadvantages
FIRST PERSON
The story may seem too
authoritarian and artificial

THIRD PERSON The reader may loose sight of the

LIMITED central plot .

OMNISCIENT
Point of view...
FIRST PERSON Reported by:

June Eur M. Tolentino

THIRD PERSON
LIMITED Professor:

Dr. Llantos

OMNISCIENT
Point of view...
QUIZ TIME!

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all-knowing narrator outside the story
itself.
Pronouns used in first person
narration.
“As they stopped to stare into the river, they
heard a strange sound behind them.”
The narrator is a character in the story, but also
knows the thoughts and feelings of all the
characters in the story.
Outside narration, focusing on one
character’s observations.