AUTHOR'S POINT OF VIEW_ THIRD PERSON

With this mode of narration, the narrator tells the story of another person or group of people.

The narrator is not involved in the story.

frequent use of third person pronouns :“he, she, them, they, him, her, his, her, and their”

Third-Person Objective

Third-Person Limited

Third-Person Omniscient

He looked sad. He seemed nervous.He said he didn't want to tell his mom that he broke the window. When he finally told her , she seemed calm.

He was sad. He felt nervous.He said he didn't want to tell his mom that he broke the window. When he finally told her , she seemed calm.

He was sad. He felt nervous.He said he didn't want to tell his mom that he broke the window. When he finally told her , she felt calm.

In this mode of narration, the narrator tells a third-person’s story (he, she, him, her), but the narrator only describes characters’ behavior and dialogue."what is seen and heard"

 The narrator does not reveal any character’s thoughts or feelings.

 the narrator reveals the thoughts and feelings of one character through explicit narration.

The narrator lets you know what one character thinks, sees, knows, hears ,and feels.

The base word omni means “all,” and scient means “knowing,” so omniscient roughly translates to “all knowing.”

In this mode of narration, the narrator grants readers the most access to characters’ thoughts and feelings. 

The narrator has unlimited knowledge and can describe every character’s thoughts and interpret their behaviors.