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Grade 4 English Language Arts · Level 2, Read Literature Closely

Compare Narrator Point of View

Compare first- and third-person narration and explain how different narrators focus on different information.

How the lesson starts: Compare Narrator Point of View

1. Who is telling?

   One morning, Mango the cat met Bubbles the goldfish, and milk went everywhere. Two different narrators told the story. One was Mango himself. The other was an outside narrator. Who is telling? Let's find out.

2. I, me, my

   Here is Mango telling it himself. I leaped onto the counter. My heart thumped. This is first person. The narrator is a character in the story, so he says I, me, and my.

3. He, she, they

   Now an outside narrator tells it. Mango the cat leaped onto the counter. He stared at the fishbowl. This is third person. The narrator is not in the story, and says he, she, and they. Check the narrator's pronouns to decide.