the authors voice and perspective they give
First person– Theres is the voice that the reader hears. The story is told through their eyes. The way this is accomplished is through the use of I
personal pronouns- I, me, you, she, her, him, he, they, them, we, us, you, it, mine, my, mine, our, ours, myself
third person- there are 3 types of third person point of view, omniscient, objective, limited
omniscient- this means all knowing. your narrator knows everything, past present and future. the story is not told through the experience of a character, rather by an all knowing god, looking down on the characters.
the advantage to having an all knowing narrator is that they are able to reveal information or discuss events that the characters do not know. this gives the reader a unique perspective of knowing more than the characters in the story.
objective- this is when the reader has no access to the thoughts of any character. the entire story is told through the things that happen and what is said.
the advantage of this style of point of view is that it forces the author to use show not tell. without the ability to describe what a character is thinking, the author must reveal that through the description of body language, expression or dialogue
limited- this is a style of point of view where the reader has access to a single characters thoughts. the author is able to tell the story through the experiences of one character. but they are also able to describe things the character might not be aware of
while this style has many similarities to first person point of view. this type of point of view allows the author greater freedom than in first person. if a story is told in third person limited, a little more information can be shared since all of the characters are being discussed as if they are being looked down upon by the reader, rather than seen through one characters eyes.