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POV Review
Point of View Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| point of view | perspective from which the story is told |
| unreliable narrator | a narrator who cannot be trusted |
| naive narrator | a narrator who is childlike |
| first person point of view | uses forms of I or We |
| second person point of view | uses forms of you |
| third person limited point of view | uses forms of he, she, they and knows only one person's viewpoint |
| third person omniscient point of view | uses forms of he, she, they and knows everyone's point of view |
| third person objective point of view | uses forms of he, she, they and reports without bias |
| stream of consciousness | random flow of thoughts |