Point of View

How a story is told

Two Types First person Third person

First Person

The narrator is a character in the story, uses pronouns I, me, and my to refer to himself or herself, tells his or her own thoughts and feelings in his or her own voice and does not know what other characters are thinking or feeling

Third Person

The narrator is not a character in the story, uses the pronouns he, she and they to refer to characters and can reveal the thoughts, opinions and feelings of one or more characters.

Conversational Voice

Informal writing style that makes it seem as if the narrator is speaking directly to the reader.

Dialect

Form of language that is spoken in a particular place or by a particular group of people.