point of view- an elementary overview of 1st and 3rd person
DESCRIPTION
A short introduction to identifying 1st and 3rd person point of view in stories. Students will be able to identify clues to help them determine which point of view the story is being told from.TRANSCRIPT
POINT OF VIEW
An elementary school lesson covering 1st and
3rd person point of view
WHAT IS POINT OF VIEW?
When you are asked to describe the point of view
of a story, you are being asked to identify who is
telling the story.
There are 2 main points of view we will be
working with this year.
They are 1st person point of view and 3rd person
point of view.
1S T PERSON POINT OF VIEW
When the story is being told in the 1st person
point of view, the main character is the one
telling the story.
Some clues that the story is in 1st person
point of view:• The character uses the pronoun I a lot • The character lets you into his or her
thoughts
EXAMPLES OF STORIES IN 1 S T PERSO N POINT OF V IEW
3R D PERSON POINT OF VIEW
When a story is written in 3rd person point of
view the narrator knows what all of the
characters are thinking.
Clues that a story is being written:• The characters are referred to by their
names• The person telling the story seems to know
everything that is going on.
EXAMPLES OF STORIES TOLD IN 3 R D PERSON