Narrative Voice/POV semester 1

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6 Terms

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1st Person

  • person speaking

  • I, me, we, us, my, mine, our, ours

  • the narrator is a character in the story

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2nd Person

  • Person addressed

  • you, your, yours

  • the reader is addressed directly by the narrator or the narrator is addressing the main character

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3rd Person Limited

  • reference to anyone or anything other than speak or addressee

  • he, him, she, her, it, they, them, his, her, hers, its, their, theirs

  • the narrator is a character outside the narration

  • the narrator has access to the thoughts of only one character 

  • the narrator only follows that character and that character must be in every scene

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3rd Person Unlimited (limited omniscient)

  • the narrator has access to the thoughts of a few character, but usually focuses on only one

  • the main character doesn’t have to be in every scene since the narrator can follow multiple characters

  • narrator primarily gives the thoughts of one character

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3rd Person Omniscient

  • the narrator has access to the thoughts of all characters

  • the narrator can follow any character

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3rd Person Objective

  • the narrator has access to no character’s thoughts

  • the narrator can only present what is said and done

  • can follow any character in the narration

  • similar to a camera