Republic of the Philippines
Baao Community College
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
San Juan, Baao, Camarines Sur
GOOD AFTERNOON,
MA’AM and MY FELLOW
ENGLISH MAJORS !
Republic of the Philippines
Baao Community College
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
San Juan, Baao, Camarines Sur
COGNATE ELE 1
Stylistics & Discourse
Flotildes, Christian
BSE- 3H
Discussant
Republic of the Philippines
Baao Community College
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
San Juan, Baao, Camarines Sur
POINT OF VIEW
POINT OF VIEW
This is the perspective from
which the story is told. A story
can be told from the point of
view of a character or a
narrator.
POINT OF VIEW
It also refers to a person’s
opinion, perspective or
standpoint on something, or
the perspective from which a
story is narrated.
THERE ARE THREE MAIN TYPES OF
POINT OF VIEW IN STORIES WHICH
ARE;
1. First-Person Point of View
2. Second-Person Point of View
3. Third-Person Point of View
First Main Types is First-Person Point of
This means they are told from
View
perspective of one character who will
describe actions using I and me.
Example:
I was thirteen years old when the war
began.
Second Main Types is Second-Person Point of
Is used less commonly in literature; it
View
uses pronoun you and addresses the
reader directly.
Example:
You were thirteen years old when the war
began.
Third Main Types is the Third-Person Point of
View
Has a narrator describing the actions of
characters within the story. It uses the
pronoun like he, she, it, they, his, her, and
their.
Example:
He was thirteen years old when the war
began.
There are Three Sub-Types of Third-Person
Point of View which are;
1. Third Person Omniscient
2. Third Person Limited
3. Third Person Objective Point of View
First Sub-Types of Third Person Point of View is
Third Person Omniscient
The word omniscient is means “all-
knowing”.
Third person omniscient POV means that
the narrative is told from the perspective
of narrative who knows the thought and
feelings of many characters in the story.
Second Sub-Types of Third Person Point of
View is Third Person Limited
Has access to the thoughts and emotions of just one
character.
•
Usually describes only events that the point of view
character personally experiences.
•
Describes the emotions of the protagonist of a story
but let the audience infer how other characters are
•
feeling from context.
Third Sub-Types of Third Person Point of View
is Third Person Objective Point of View
is a way to tell your story by giving the reader all the
details within the scenes without including what is going
•
on in the characters’ minds.
The most distant, gives details but no thoughts or
feelings.
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• Acting as observers in the story.
• They do not add anything about the character’s feelings
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COGNATE ELE 1: STYLISTICS AND DISCOURSE
