The perspective from which a story is told.
First Person Point of View: This is when the narrator is a character in the story and uses "I" to describe events.
Second Person Point of View: This is when the narrator addresses the reader directly using "you.".
Third Person Point of View: The narrator is not a character in the story and uses "he," "she," or "they" to describe events.
Limited Point of View: The narrator only knows and describes the thoughts and actions of one character.
Omniscient Point of View: The narrator can see and describe the thoughts and actions of all characters.
Objective Point of View: The narrator doesn't describe any character's thoughts or feelings, but only the actions and dialogue.
Subjective Point of View: The narrator describes the thoughts and feelings of the characters.
Persona Point of View: The narrator is distinct from the author and adopts a different persona or voice.
Unreliable Narrator: The narrator's perspective and interpretation of events can't be entirely trusted.
Stream of Consciousness: The narrator's inner thoughts and feelings are described in a continuous, uninterrupted flow.
Multiple Points of View: The story is told from the perspectives of multiple characters.
Framed Narrative: The story is told from the perspective of a narrator who is retelling events that happened in the past.
Free Indirect Discourse: The narrator adopts the language and style of a particular character and becomes their voice.
Authorial Intrusion: The narrator breaks the fictional illusion and directly addresses the reader or comments on the story.
Interior Monologue: The narrator describes the thoughts and emotions of a character in a way that mimics a person's internal dialogue.
First Person Point of View: This perspective is where the narrator is the protagonist or a character in the story who shares their thoughts, feelings, and opinions.
Second Person Point of View: Here, the reader is addressed directly by the narrator, utilizing "you" in the text.
Third Person Limited Point of View: The narrator is not a character but rather a detached observer who is privy to the thoughts and feelings of one specific character.
Third Person Objective Point of View: This viewpoint is where the narrator is a detached observer and reports only what they observe without any access to the characters' internal thoughts or emotions.
Third Person Omniscient Point of View: The narrator is aware of the inner thoughts and feelings of all the characters in the story.
Third Person Semi-Omniscient Point of View: Here, the narrative switches between multiple character perspectives where the narrator is aware of the inner thoughts and emotions of some but not all the characters.
Third Person Multiple Point of View: This is another variation of Omniscient point of view, where the story is narrated from the point of view of multiple characters.
Free Indirect Speech: A narrative technique where the narrator mimics a character's thought process or speech style in their own voice.
Stream-of-Consciousness: Similar to Free Indirect Speech, this technique involves depicting the internal thought process of a character in a disjointed, unfiltered manner.
Second-Person Stream-of-Consciousness: A relatively rare literary technique where the narrator describes the internal thoughts of a character using a stream-of-consciousness style, but directed towards the reader.