
Little snippet were told from Rita or Beni's first She had tricked her brother! See how we can follow both Rita and Beni? The narrator can see whatīoth of the are thinking or feeling at the same time. Inside her monster costume, Rita giggled. He screamed and ran out of the room, scared out of his mind. Beni opened his closetĭoor to grab a jacket, only to be greeted byĪ horrifying monster. It lets the story teller get inside the heads of characters to see how they're feeling, or what they're thinking. Words like he, she, and they, for characters in the story, instead of I, or you. A narrator who isn't aĬharacter in the story. The most common point of view in stories is the third person. This kind of point of view usually sounds like it's giving directions Imagine a guided relaxation recording, when you think of second person. Own adventure books, that were popular when I was a kid, used second person point of view, but they're not as big as they used to be.

Second person is when youĪre a character in the story. Narrator doesn't know about, we, the reader, won't That they experienced or already know about. First person narrators can only tell us the parts of the story Today was the day I wasįinally going to learn to ride a horse.


I bolted out of bed, grabbed my backpack, and rushed out the door. First person is when the narrator is a character in the story. There are three differentįlavors of point of view. But who is that narrator? Understanding the answer to that question in the stories that you read will make you a strong reader. It's being told to usīy someone, a narrator. David, what are you talkingĪbout, you're probably asking. First, I wanna talk all about me, then I'm gonna talk about you, and then we're gonna talk about them.
