Wednesday, September 18, 2013

P.O.V. Terms

  • 1st Person - Narration from the perspective of "I" or "we". Usually narrated by main character and chronicle their thoughts, actions, etc.
  • 3rd Person Omniscient - God perspective/higher power perspective. Narrator is completely unrelated to the story yet knows the thoughts and actions of each character.
  • 3rd Person Limited - The narrator experiences the story through one character and only knows his/her thoughts.
  • 3rd Person Objective - The narrator is not involved in the story and does not know any of the characters' thoughts.
  • 3rd Person Collective - An offbeat form of omniscient point of view in which the narrator goes into a set of minds at once, reporting the group response.

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