Point of View

Point of View (POV) - The point of view refers to WHO is telling or narrating the story. [Who tells a story or explains events has a HUGE impact on that story . Can you think of a time when someone had a very different version of an event you experienced?] There are three types of "Point of View" -

• First Person Point of View - With first person point of view, the main character is telling the story. Readers will see the words "I," "me" or "we" in first person writing.

• Second Person Point of View - When writing from a second person POV, the writer has the narrator speaking to the reader. The words "you," "your," and "yours" are used from this point of view. Often instructions and recipes are written in "Second Person."

• Third Person Point of View - Third person point of view has an external narrator telling the story. This perspective can be singular or plural, as well as gender specific or gender neutral. Words like "he," "she," "it," or "they" are used in this point of view.