Explain the main difference between first-person and third-person point of view.

First-person tells the story from the perspective of a character within the story, while third-person uses a narrator outside of the story.

First Person versus Third Person

Grade 6th Grade · ELA · 10 min

I can identify the difference between first-person and third-person point of view.

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Character Point of View - POV | First Person & Third Person | Visual Reading Strategy Song

3 key concepts

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Point of view or POV tells who is telling the story.
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First person point of view uses words like me, I, my, are, us, and we because the narrator is a character in the story.
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Third person point of view uses words like they, them, there, he, his, him, her, and she because the narrator is outside of the story.

3 questions · Multiple choice & Short answer

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“What pronouns are used in first-person point of view? What pronouns are used in third-person point of view?”

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