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Narrative person
You might say: first person, third person, POV type
The grammar of the narrator: I, you, or she. Third person splits further by how much the narrator can know.
- What it does
- Sets the reader’s access: one mind, or many.
- Ask
- Who tells this story, and why that person?
- Trouble
- The narrator knows things they could not know.
What to look for
- I, you or she grammar
- Knowledge limited or omniscient
Catalogue: Person
- First person: “I”. A character tells the story, from the centre of the action or from the side.
- Second person: “You”. Rare and intimate, but it tells readers what they do and feel.
- Third person limited: “She”. An outside view plus one character’s thoughts. A common choice, and the one The Last Hour uses.
- Third person omniscient: The narrator moves freely in time and space, enters many minds, and knows what no character knows.
Sources
- Bowie State University, Understanding Point of View, definitions and types
It is important to know how to identify a particular point of view because it gives context to the whole story
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