In every story we read, there is always a narrator. The narrator tells us the story. Depending on who the narrator is, that influences how we come to understand the story.

Tell who the narrator is in the story you are reading or have recently read. How does the narrator's point of view influence the way events in your story are told?

Helpful Guide
First person points of view:

• The narrator may be one character. 
  
• The narrator may change throughout the story, where multiple characters have their own chapters. 

Third person points of view:

• The narrator may be "omniscient," meaning the narrator can see everything that's happening. 
  
• The narrator may be "limited-omniscient," meaning the narrator focuses on what happens to one character.
  
• Sometimes stories are told in the "limited-omniscient" view but multiple characters have their own chapters in that point of view.
  

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