Point of View

& Perspective
In Literature
 Advantages: Limitations:
Pronouns:
1st I, me, my,
● detailed ● may take away
Person
understanding of importance from
mine, we, our, character’s thoughts, other characters
POV ours
actions, behaviors
● gives a purposeful
● missing out on
others’ thoughts/
focus on one
character’s feelings
Definition: intentions/ ● BIAS - room for
A character within the motivations, struggles misinterpretation or
story recounts/retells (more thorough) misunderstanding
his or her own ● insight into their
experiences or heads
impressions. ● PERSONAL
CONNECTION
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 Advantages: Limitations: 3rd Person Pronouns:
● ability to easily ● limited emotional POV he, she, it,
switch between
different
connection with
the reader
Objective they
characters' ● difficulty
perspectives conveying the
● creates a more inner thoughts and Definition:
neutral and feelings of The narrator remains a
objective tone characters detached observer,
● concealing feelings telling only the story’s
and thoughts can action and dialogue.
make a plot more
interesting
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 3rd
Person Pronouns:
Advantages: Limitations:
POV
he, she, it,
● still have description ● missing out on
Limited
they (plot, actions, other characters’
behaviors, thoughts, feelings and
feelings) for 1 motivations/
character intentions
Definition: ● broader overview of ● some readers don’t
The narrator tells the plot events (you’re feel as connected to
story from the not IN the head of the character
viewpoint of one just one character)
character in the story.

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 3rd Person Pronouns:
POV
Advantages: Limitations:
● reader can ● it might take he, she, it,
understand ALL away some Omniscient they
characters’
motivations and
mystery or
intentions suspense or
personal
Definition:
● more descriptive The narrator has unlimited
● little room for connection knowledge and can
bias or describe every character’s
misunderstanding thoughts and interpret their
behaviors.

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 Perspective
! Perspective is the narrator's
feelings
orientation to the world. This includes
actions
thoughts thoughts, feelings, and actions.
Through whose eyes is the story being
told? As the reader, whose eyes are
you looking though? Whose shoes are
you standing in?