Point of View Flashcards

Grade 4 · English · Flashcards

Review point of view vocabulary, pronouns, and narrator types for Grade 4 English.

Flashcards

Point of View (POV): The perspective from which a story is told — determines what the reader knows
First Person: Narrator IS a character — uses I, me, my, we. Reader sees only what narrator sees
Second Person: Story addresses the reader as 'you' — rare in fiction, common in instructions
Third Person: Outside narrator uses he, she, they, it — not a character in the story
Third Person Limited: Narrator follows one character's perspective — knows only their thoughts and feelings
Third Person Omniscient: All-knowing narrator who can reveal any character's inner thoughts
Narrator: The voice that tells the story
First Person Pronouns: I, me, my, mine, we, our, us
Second Person Pronouns: You, your, yours
Third Person Pronouns: He, she, it, they, him, her, them, his, her, their
Limitation of 1st Person: Reader only knows what the narrator personally sees, hears, and thinks — no access to others' minds
Choose-Your-Own-Adventure: A book type using second-person POV — 'You enter the haunted house...'