what is point of view?

Question

please just give me the complete definition of point of view.. nothing more, nothing less..

Answer 1

Definitions of Point of view on the Web:

the perspective from which a story is told
www.iclasses.org/assets/literature/literary_glossary.cfm

is the way an author chooses to tell (narrate) a story. It is sometimes called voice. There are two types of point of view: A story can be narrated by a character. This is called first person point of view. The words "I" and "we" are used by the narrator. A story can be told by a nameless central observer outside the story. This is called third person point of view. The words "he" and "she" are used by the narrator.
www.greatneck.k12.ny.us/GNPS/EMB/Lizhome/literaryterms.htm

Angle from which the viewer sees an object
www.irvingisd.net/macart/glossary.htm

The roller coaster experience as seen from the rider's point of view. This term is often used with video footage or animations to describe the type of footage. POV footage is taken on the ride, generally in the first or last rows and shows the what the rider experience is like on the ride.
www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/glossary/

The voice of the story; the story from the perspective of the person doing the speaking. Examples: first person, second person, third person omniscient, third person limited omniscient, third person dramatic or objective.
southhill.vsb.bc.ca/Departments/Upgrading/Skills3_Kyle/Terms/ficterm.htm

prose can be written from a first person (I) or second person (you) or third person.
www.writefromhome.com/writingtradearticles/197.htm

The vantage point from which a narrative is told.
library.thinkquest.org/23846/library/terms/

The literary strategy by which an author presents the events of a narrative from the perspective of a particular person - which may be the narrator or may be a fictional character. The point of view may be consistent, or it may switch between narrator and character(s). It should not be confused with the mere opinion of a character or the narrator.
www.mantex.co.uk/ou/resource/lit-term.htm

The author's choice of narrator for a story. This choice determines the amount of information a reader will be given, as well as the angle from which this information will be presented.
www.mdk12.org/instruction/curriculum/reading/glossary.shtml

In literature, it is the position from which the story is told. In writing, it can be first (I, we), second (you), or third (he/she/it or they).
www.nmlites.org/standards/language/glossary.html

the position from which something is seen or considered; for instance, head-on, from overhead, from ground level
dizzy.library.arizona.edu/branches/ccp/education/guides/trch/trchedu/glossary.html

The angle from which the viewer's eye is looking at, up or down on an object or setting.
www.brigantine.atlnet.org/GigapaletteGALLERY/websites/ARTiculationFinal/MainPages/O-RVocabulary.htm

The vantage point from which a story is told. In the first person or narrative point of view, the story is told by one of the characters. In the third person or omniscient point of view, someone outside the story tells the story.
www.armour.k12.sd.us/Mary's%20Classes/literary_terms_glossary.htm

the angle from which the people, events, and other details in a story are viewed
www.indiana.edu/~bestsell/glossary.html

the perspective from which a story is narrated. The author can choose among various possibilities. Second-person narrative is possible, but two classes are common:
www.iolani.org/usacad_eng_eng10ssterms_cw9404.htm

The perspective from which the narrator speaks to us. Generally, the pronoun which dominates the narration will signal which point of view is represented. The terms most commonly used to identify point of view are first person, third person, omniscient, objective, and shifting.
wps.ablongman.com/wps/media/objects/130/133428/glossary.html

A subjective camera angle that becomes the perspective of a character. We look at the world through his or her eyes.
filmstudy.net/glossary.html

a term from literary studies which describes the perspective or source of a piece of writing
www.nwlg.org/pages/resources/knowitall/resources/english.htm

is the relative identification of the narrator with the characters.
www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/Writing/glossary.htm

Perspective from which the work is presented by a character in the work or by a narrator; terms related to point of view include omniscient narrator, limited third-person narrator, first-person narrator, and unreliable narrator.
womens-studies.osu.edu/pedagogy/writing/glossary.htm

the relationship of the narrator to the story
oneonta.k12.ny.us/hs/murphy/terms.htm

the way in which an author reveals his or her voice, as in characters, events, and ideas in telling a story. Note: With an all-knowing point of view, an author writes as an omniscient narrator, seeing all, hearing all, knowing all. With a limited point of view, a story may be told through one narrator who knows only what he or she sees, hears, feels, or is told. ...
www.nde.state.ne.us/READ/FRAMEWORK/glossary/general_p-t.html

A story's angle of vision; the relationship in time and space between the telling and the tale. POV both confines and defines the narrative; it establishes basic rules for what can and cannot be in the story, and how these events are expressed. For more go to English 301, Lesson #4: The Intelligence of the Tale.
www.ruf.rice.edu/~jccronin/401/gloss.html

Viewpoint of a character or characters. We, the audience see something through a characters eyes, as he or she sees it. Always capitalized and abbreviated with periods after each letter.
www3.sympatico.ca/mbelli/sm_help/terms.htm

the way in which a narrator approaches his or her material (characters, action, setting) and the audience.
factoryschool.org/handbook/reference/lit_terms.html

a mental position from which things are viewed; "we should consider this problem from the viewpoint of the Russians"; "teaching history gave him a special point of view toward current events"
the spatial property of the position from which something is observed
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn

The Point of View Gun, or POV Gun, was designed by the second greatest computer in history, Deep Thought, at the request of an intergalactic council of angry housewives, who were sick to the teeth of having end every domestic argument with the words, "You just don't get it, do you? ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Of_View_(POV)_Gun

In literature, a point of view is the related experience of the narrator - not that of the author. Authors expressly cannot, in fiction, insert or inject their own voice, as this challenges the suspension of disbelief. Texts encourage the reader to identify with the narrator, not with the author.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_of_view_(literature)

Answer 2

1. A camera angle in which the camera views what would be visible from a particular object's position. The abbreviation is often used in a slug line.

2. Opinion, what you think of it: This is my point of view: Religion is a private matter.

3. The way in which objects appear to the eye.

4. An approximate representation on a flat surface

5. The related experience of the narrator

6. A video game developer.

7. A videogame mod for Half-Life

8. A scrolling shooter video game released for Neo Geo, SEGA Genesis, and the Sony Playstation.

9. Viewpoint Corporation, a digital media company known for its subsidiary Fotomat

10. Viewpoint Media Player, software from Viewpoint Corporation

Answer 3

point of view is the way one sees or feels perspective of another person thinking.

Answer 4

Looking at and analyzing everything going on around you using your opinions, ideas and concepts

Answer 5

point of view is your opinion or perception. It is what you think.

Answer 6

It's someone's opinion which includes any biases that they may have